Francesco Guicciardini: References & Edit History
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Translations of Guicciardini’s works include an abridged edition of The History of Italy, trans. and ed. by Sidney Alexander (1968, reissued 1984); and The History of Florence, trans. by Mario Domandi (1970). The definitive biography is Roberto Ridolfi, The Life of Francesco Guicciardini (1968; originally published in Italian, 1960). Felix Gilbert, Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Politics and History in Sixteenth-Century Florence (1965, reprinted 1984), portrays Guicciardini as historian and political thinker.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | May 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Francesco Guicciardini. | Apr 05, 2021 | ||
| Added photograph. | Dec 29, 2015 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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