Guicciardini
The Guicciardini refer to a family from Florence. It was represented in the oligarchy of late medieval and early modern Florence , has a rich share in the historical and cultural tradition and still exists today.
history
According to information from the early modern family tradition, the origins of the Guicciardini are not known until around 1300. During this time they appointed two officials in the young office of the Gonfaloniere della Giustizia .
In the summer of 1378, a Luigi Guicciardini headed the Gonfalonierat of the Republic of Florence when the Ciompi uprising , the rebellion of the lower class, brought order with it. With the rise of the Medici in mind, which culminated in the seizure of power by the elder Cosimo in 1434 , the Guicciardini were positioned between the parties. After the Medici had established their party tyranny, the Guicciardini were constant representatives of their hometown on the Arno, in the ruled area in Italy and sometimes in Christianity abroad.
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540) created the prominence of his family that continues to this day, as he left the largely authoritative and fundamental work on the history of Italy from 1492 to 1534 in the “Storia d'Italia”.
Personalities
- Francesco Guicciardini (historian) (1483–1540), Italian historian and politician
- Francesco Guicciardini (politician) (1851–1915), Italian lawyer and politician
- Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589), Italian humanist, geographer, cartographer, politician and writer, nephew of Francesco Guicciardinis.
- Niccolò Guicciardini (* 1957), mathematician
- Piero Guicciardini (1808–1886), Italian theologian
literature
- Mario Spinella: Francesco Guicciardini. Ricordi Diari Memorie. Rome 1981.
- Rudolf von Albertini : Lemma Guicciardini , Religion in Past and Present , 3rd ed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note on this and below Francesco Guicciardini and his family history summary in Mario Spinella: Francesco Guicciardini. Ricordi Diari Memorie. Rome 1981, p. 33ff.