“Humanism in the vernacular: the case of Leonardo Bruni.”
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Leonardo Bruni or Leonardo Aretino was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian. 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 h…
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politics · Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444) · philosopher · writer · translator · historian · politician · humanist · scribe · also Leonardo Bruni, Lionardo Aretino, Lionardo Bruni, Leonardus Arrentinus, Lionardo Bruni d'Arezzo, Leonardo Bruni Aretino
Born 1369 · Died 1444 · Q314488
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“Humanism in the vernacular: the case of Leonardo Bruni.”
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Died 1444.
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Born 1369.
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