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Leonardo Bruni

1370 - 1444

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Leonardo Bruni 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. 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 historians use today, but he laid the conceptual groundwork for a tripartite division of history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Bruni is the 39th most popular historian (up from 46th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Italy (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Historian.

Leonardo Bruni was an Italian humanist and historian who was born in 1370 and died in 1444. He is most famous for his work on the history of Florence, which he wrote in Latin.

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Among historians, Leonardo Bruni ranks 39 out of 561. Before him are Eric Hobsbawm, Marc Bloch, Ibn Ishaq, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, and Quintus Curtius Rufus. After him are Jacques Le Goff, Adam of Bremen, Ali ibn al-Athir, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, and Al-Baladhuri.

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Among people born in 1370, Leonardo Bruni ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory XI, Antipope John XXIII, and Isabeau of Bavaria. After him are Olaf II of Denmark, John VII Palaiologos, Gentile da Fabriano, Erasmo of Narni, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Lorenzo Monaco, William, Duke of Austria, and Švitrigaila. Among people deceased in 1444, Leonardo Bruni ranks 3. Before him are Władysław III of Poland, and Robert Campin. After him are Bernardino of Siena, Olivera Despina, Julian Cesarini, Mark of Ephesus, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Joseph Albo, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonardo Bruni ranks 658 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Giorgia Meloni (1977), and Catherine Cornaro (1454). After him are Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Benedetto Croce (1866), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Berengar I of Italy (850), and Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Leonardo Bruni ranks 4. Before him are Livy (-59), Diodorus Siculus (-90), and Suetonius (70). After him are Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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