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- Francesco Guicciardini was the greatest historian of the Renaissance. His family rose to prominence under the Medici regime (a nascent principate operating behind a republican facade).
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Francesco Guicciardini (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ɡwittʃarˈdiːni]; 6 March 1483 – 22 May 1540) was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance.
Mar 8, 2024 · Francesco Guicciardini (born March 6, 1483, Florence—died May 22, 1540, Santa Margherita a Montici, near Florence) was a Florentine statesman, diplomat, and historian, author of the most important contemporary history of Italy, Storia d’Italia.
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Mar 3, 2009 · Contributor. John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Language. English. Volume. 1. "The life of Francesco Guicciardini, taken chiefly from Signior Domenico Manni of Florence": v. 1, p. i-xxxii. Covers the years 1490-1534. With a final errata leaf.
In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain—and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence—retired to his villa to write a history of his times.
May 29, 2018 · GUICCIARDINI, FRANCESCO. Italian historian and statesman; b. Florence, 1483; d. Arcetri, May 22, 1540. From his parents, Piero di Jacopo and Simona Gianfigliazzi, he inherited an attachment to the Medici party. He studied law in Ferrara and Padua and gained his doctor's degree at Pisa.
In historiography: Francesco Guicciardini ” Instead, in his Storia d’Italia (1537–40; “History of Italy”), Guicciardini attempted to explain why Italy had been unable to resist foreign incursions. Writing the history of such a diverse area was itself an innovation, for which Guicciardini’s diplomatic experience served him well; but ...
In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times.
