Rivista Storica Italiana

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The Rivista Storica Italiana is founded in 1884, Italian historiographical journal published by the Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane SpA. published in Turin . It is dedicated to all epochs from antiquity to the present and is in principle designed in terms of global history. Nevertheless, it has a European focus, if not an Italian one.

The Rivista was published in three volumes in spring, summer and winter until 1891. Since then, it has also appeared in autumn, i.e. in four fascicles .

From 1884 to 1895, the structure of each edition was Memorie , Recensioni , Note bibliografiche , Elenco di libri , Spoglio di periodici , etc. With the new series (nuova series), the four-part division into Recensioni e note bibliografiche , Spoglio dei periodici , Elenco dei libri and Notes was introduced.

The numbering of the volumes became at times quite confusing due to the introduction of new series. Volumes 13-18 were also published under ser. nuova, v. 1-6 ; Vol. 19-25 under ser. 3a, v. 1-7 ; Vol. 26–39 under ser. 4a, v. 1-14 ; Vol. 40-46 under ser. 5a, v. 1-7 ; Vol. 48-52 under ser. 4a, v. 2-6, Vol. 56-57 under ser. 5a, v. 4-5 . Hence the name of the volume from 1908 looked like this: “Volume XXV (VII della 3 a serie)”, followed by “fasc.” As an abbreviation for fascicolo, which denotes the partial volumes (booklets, fascicles).

In 1892, with the Studi Storici in Pisa, a high-quality specialist journal was created which, with a view to the German papers, above all the historical journal founded in 1859, wanted to tie in with international standards. Long before the First World War, however, the rivista was considered to be of little relevance. It was soon dominated by the ideas of Pasquale Villaris († 1917), whose students, like Gaetano Salvemini , appeared many times in the list of employees. After the war there were debates about social history in 1920, but these were broken off with the victory of the fascists .

Under Mussolini's fascists, the magazine was published from 1923 by the “Istituto fascista di cultura di Torino”, and from 1935 to 1942 by the Giunta centrale per gli studi storici . The annual volume 1942 was published in Milan by the Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale .

After the Second World War , RSI was re-established in 1948 - after a five-year break. It was headed from 1950 to 1959 by Federico Chabod and from 1959 to 1994 by Franco Venturi and, through collaboration with numerous scientists, it became one of Italy's leading specialist journals.

Franco Venturi was a member of the Resistancea , the resistance against fascism. He was responsible for the secret printing of Partito d'Azione , which was distributed for the Giustizia e Libertà group , which had supporters all over Italy. In 1947 the paper ceased to appear. Temporarily active in the Italian embassy in Moscow , he was appointed to the universities of Cagliari and Pisa , went to Turin in 1958 , where he taught until 1984.

From 1995 to 2005 the journal was headed by Emilio Gabba , an ancient historian, and since then by Giuseppe Ricuperati , a “modernist” from the University of Turin .

literature

  • Antonio Casali: Storici italiani fra le due guerre. La “ Nuova Rivista Storica ” (1917–1943) , Naples: Guide 1980.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Meyer's Great Conversation Lexicon of 1895 said in the article Historical Journals: “A very large number of historical journals are published in Italy, but most of them with provincial restrictions; Only the… » Archivio storico italiano «,… the… »Studi storici«…, the »Bullettino dell 'Istituto storico italiano«… and the »Rivista storica italiana«… have a general character …, which now only provides reviews. ”( Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 9, Leipzig 1907, pp. 383-385).
  2. ^ Franco Venturi ( Memento of October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), website of the Accademia delle Scienze, Turin, archive.org, October 11, 2007.