Girolamo Arnaldi

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Girolamo Arnaldi
Born31 January 1929 (1929-01-31)
Pisa, Italy
Died30 January 2016 (2016-01-31) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
OccupationHistorian

Girolamo Arnaldi (31 January 1929 – 30 January 2016) was an Italian historian.

Born in Pisa, in 1951 Arnaldi graduated in Medieval History at the University of Naples, and then completed his postgraduate studied at the  [it] in the same city.[1][2] He was professor of Medieval History at the University of Bologna from 1964 to 1970 and at the Sapienza University of Rome from 1970 to 1999.[1][2] Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the  [it] (ISIME) in Rome.[1][2]

Arnaldi was the author of several historical essays, and his researches mainly focused on the role of Italy and of the papacy in shaping the medieval civilization.[1] He also directed several collective works such as the Encyclopaedia of the Popes and the Enciclopedia Fridericiana for Treccani.[1] He collaborated with RAI for the documentary series La straordinaria storia dell’Italia.[1] His last book was L’Italia e i suoi invasori (2002), which in 2005 was translated in English and published by Harvard University Press with the title Italy and Its Invaders.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Stefano Rizzato (1 February 2016). "Morto Girolamo Arnaldi". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Arnaldi, Girolamo". Treccani. Retrieved 5 February 2016.


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