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Luigi Antonio Paolozzi tra l'Amiata a la Val di Chiana
- Author(s):
- Roberto Betti (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- History
- Subject(s):
- Italy, Area studies, Local history
- Item Type:
- Book
- Tag(s):
- Italian studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6PD8H
- Abstract:
- Biography of and tribute to the erudite Luigi Antonio Paolozzi (Chianciano Terme, 1706-1765), cancelliere of the Gran Duchy of Tuscany for Amiata and the Val di Chiana. It aims at highlighting the important role of Paolozzi in the historical context of the period, and reasses its weight. It follows the path of Paolozzi's research as a local historian, in particular as regards his archival research, which he conducted as his moved around for his daily job using first-hand archival sources. This work shows that all that has been written about Chianciano in particular after Paolozzi's work depends on the research done by him, in particular as regards his archival research, and aims at a bet For instance, Paolozzi was the first to study the Mount Amiata abbey, as he was also curator and responsible of the archives of that territory. In this book the relations of Paolozzi to three important coeval figures come to the fore: that with Giovanni Lami, founder and editor of the "Novelle Letterarie", and Domenico Maria Manni and Giovanni Antonio Pecci, Siennese historian author of a story of the Sienna State, ie all the municipalities forming the Siennese Republic.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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