Ugo Balzani

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Count Ugo Balzani (6 November 1847 – 27 February 1916) was an Italian historian, born in Rome and educated there in the universities of that city. He became known as a distinguished scholar in his chosen field and honors were heaped upon him at home and abroad. He was made a member of the Reale Accademia dei Lincei and of the , and was chosen president of the . In England the University of Oxford conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.Litt in October 1902, in connection with the tercentenary of the Bodleian Library,[1] and the British Academy elected him a corresponding fellow. He contributed many articles and reports to various institutions.

Selected works[]

  • Il Regesto di Farfa di Gregorio da Catino (1879)
  • La Storia di Roma nella Cronica di Adamo da Usk (1880)
  • Early Chroniclers of Italy (1883)
  • La Cronache Italiane nel Medio Evo (1884; 1909)
  • The Popes and the Hohenstaufen (1886)
  • Rome under Sixtus V, chapter 13 of Cambridge Modern History, vol. III: The Wars of Religion (1904)

References[]

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  1. ^ "University intelligence". The Times (36893). London. 8 October 1902. p. 4.


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