Raimondo Morozzo della Rocca

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Raimondo Morozzo della Rocca (born November 2, 1905 in Turin , † August 23, 1980 in San Lazzaro di Saluzzo ) was an Italian archivist who mainly dealt with the Venetian late Middle Ages and the trade sources that arose there. He was director of the Venice State Archives from 1952 to 1968.

Morozzo della Rocca came from an old Torinese family; he was Marchese di Bianzé and Conte di Morozzo. His parents were Roberto and Maria Castagneri. He graduated from the University of Genoa the laureate in three subjects, namely on October 31, 1928 in Lettere , on November 1, 1932 in philosophy and on July 1, 1934 in geography. In 1934 he obtained the diploma of the Scuola sindacale "Dario Guidi" at the same university as well as the diploma for Paleografia e dottrina archivistica at the Genoa State Archives . On July 26, 1937, he went to Venice. There he worked with his colleague Antonino Lombardo first on notary archives , then on commercial law. Together they published three source volumes with Venetian trade documents.

In 1943 he became an officer in the artillery, where he became Capitano rise. In 1941 he was drafted into combat missions in which he participated for six months. As a war invalid, he became Ispettore generale archivistico , represented the Ministry of the Interior in the Consiglio generale dell'Istituto nazionale per la storia del movimento di liberazione in Italia , which dealt with the history of liberation from fascism. From 1952 to 1968 he headed the Venetian State Archives. On December 1, 1970, he retired after moving to Genoa the previous year.

Publications (selection)

  • Il dispaccio di Carlo Felice a De Geneys per la repressione dei moti del 1821 , in: Giornale storico e letterario della Liguria, ns, 7 (1931) 39-42.
  • with Mario Chiaudano (ed.): Oberto Scriba de Mercato , Reale Deputazione di storia patria per la Liguria, Turin 1938.
  • with Antonino Lombardo (ed.): Documenti del commercio veneziano nei secoli XI – XIII , 2 vols., Turin 1940.
  • (Ed.): Benvenuto da Brixano, notaio in Candia (1301–1302) , Venice 1950.
  • with Maria Francesca Tiepolo : Cronologia veneziana del Quattrocento, del Cinquecento, del Seicento, del Settecento , in: La Civiltà di Venezia of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini , Florence 1957–1960; extended edition 1866 in: Storia della Civiltà veneziana , Florence 1979.
  • with Antonino Lombardo (ed.): Nuovi documenti del commercio veneziano nei secoli XI – XIII, Turin 1953.
  • Lettere di mercanti a Pignol Zucchello (1336-1350) , Venice 1957.
  • Note sulla Rogadia a Venezia , in: Studi Veneziani 12 (1970) 145-156.

literature

  • Maria Francesca Tiepolo : Raimondo Morozzo Della Rocca (1905-1980) , in: Archivio veneto 112 (1981) 159-163.
  • Giorgio Costamagna: Raimondo Morozzo della Rocca , in: Archivio Storico della Società Ligure di Storia Patria, ns, 22 (1982) 324 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Raimondo Morozzo della Rocca, Antonino Lombardo (ed.): Documenti del commercio veneziano nei secoli XI – XIII , 2 vol., Turin 1940 and Dies. (Ed.): Nuovi documenti del commercio veneziano nei secoli XI – XIII , Turin 1953.
  2. ↑ Maurizio Cassetti, Ugo Falcone, Maria Teresa Piano Mortari (ed.): Repertorio del personale degli archivi di stato , Vol. 2: 1919–1946, Rome 2012, pp. 569–572.

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personal data
SURNAME Morozzo della Rocca, Raimondo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian archivist
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1980
Place of death San Lazzaro di Saluzzo