Gioacchino Volpe
Italian historian and politician
Gioacchino Volpe
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Born |
16 February 1876
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1876-02-16
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Paganica
, Italy
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Died |
1 October 1971
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1971-11
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(aged
95)
Santarcangelo di Romagna
, Italy
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Occupation(s) |
Historian
Politician |
Gioacchino Volpe (16 February 1876 – 1 October 1971) was an Italian historian and, during the years between the two world wars, a politician.
Biography
Born in Paganica , Volpe graduated in Letters at the University of Pisa , and in 1906 he became professor of modern history at the Scientific-Literary Academy of Milan [ it ] . [1] A nationalist, he supported the Fascism and in 1924 was elected deputy with the National List . [1] He was General Secretary of the Royal Academy of Italy from 1929 to 1934 and member of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1935 to 1946. [1] Between 1924 and 1940 he was professor of modern history at the University of Rome. [1]
In his works Volpe depicted the history of Italy as a rising process culminated in fascism. [1] After the Greco-Italian War , his attitude towards fascism gradually became critical and distant. [1] After the war, he was purged from the university teaching and focused on his studies. [1]
Further reading
- Innocenzo Cervelli. Gli Storici: Gioacchino Volpe . Guida, 2008. ISBN 8860425751 .
- Paola Cavina, Lorenzo Grilli. Gaetano Salvemini e Gioacchino Volpe: dalla storia medievale alla storia contemporanea . Edizioni della Normale, 2008. ISBN 8876422188 .
- Eugenio Di Rienzo. La storia e l'azione: vita politica di Gioacchino Volpe . Le Lettere , 2008. ISBN 8860871069 .
- Roberto Bonuglia. Gioacchino Volpe tra passato e presente . Aracne, 2007. ISBN 8854814121 .
- Lorenzo Grilli. Gioacchino Volpe nello specchio del suo Archivio. I. Qualcosa se ne salvò. La tesi di laurea e le lezioni su Bonifacio VIII . 2020. ISBN 9791220050807 .
- Lorenzo Grilli. Gioacchino Volpe nello specchio del suo Archivio. II. Qualcosa se ne salvò. L'«opera ... che non è stata mai scritta» e le lezioni di storiografia . 2020. ISBN 9791220052030 .
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