Leonardo Bruni

Bruni

Leonardo Bruni[a] or Leonardo Aretino (c. 1370 – March 9, 1444) was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance.[1] He has been called the first modern historian.[2] He was the earliest person to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern. The dates Bruni used to define the periods are not exactly what modern historians use today, but he laid the conceptual groundwork for a tripartite division of history.[3]


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  1. ^ Ianziti, Gary (2012). Writing History in Renaissance Italy: Leonardo Bruni and the Uses of the Past. Harvard University Press. p. 432. doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674063266. ISBN 978-0-674-06326-6. OCLC 770009459.
  2. ^ Bruni & Hankins 2001
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bruni, Leonardo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 684.