Traiano Boccalini

This article is about the Italian author. Boccalini as the majority of the wine drinking vessel from the canton of Ticino, see Boccalino .

Traiano Boccalini (* 1556 in Loreto , † November 16, 1613 in Venice ) was an Italian author of political satires during the Renaissance .

Boccalini studied in Perugia and worked for many years as a judge and administrator in the papal service. In 1612 he went to Venice , where he published “Ragguagli di Parnaso” , the description of an imaginary kingdom with which Boccalini criticized the customs of his time. In the same lively style and with equally biting irony , Boccalini then wrote “Pietro del paragone politico” against the Spanish supremacy in Italy . The work appeared after his death in 1615. Other books attributed to him also dealt with political questions.

Works

Ragguagli di Parnaso

• Ragguagli di Parnaso 1612-1615.
  • Ragguagli di Parnaso , volume 1. Laterza, Bari 1948.
  • Ragguagli di Parnaso , Volume 2. Laterza, Bari 1948.
  • Ragguagli di Parnaso , Volume 3. Laterza, Bari 1948.

literature

• Hubert Jedin , Religion and reasons of state. A dialogue by Trajano Boccalini about the German religious division. In: Ders., Church of the Faith. Church of History. Selected essays and lectures, Vol. 1: Church history. Italy and the papacy. Germany, Occident and World Church, Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 1966, pp. 271–285.