Alessandro Guidi
Biographic Data
| ID | 620879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandro Guidi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Guidi |
| SIGNATURE | GUIDI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3252-2431 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Documents hidden behind a wall: An episode in the long-term archival conflict between the Este and the Roman Apostolic Chamber, 1633
This article examines the correspondence between Duke Francesco I d'Este (1629-58) and his agents regarding the documents the papal authorities found in 1633 behind a wall of Ferrara's castle, following the devolution of the city to the Papal States (1598). This article argues that this correspondence discloses the mentality behind the uses and the notions of archives that guided the protagonists of this story - that is, expectations that reveal …
Between vita activa and vita contemplativa: Epistolary Forms of otium in Early Modern Italy
Letters went viral in early modern Italy, with politics and social interaction, artistic inspiration as well as spirituality and philosophy all hinging on ingenious epistolary cultures. Correspondence fashioned intellectuals and networks, constructed thoughts and schemes, provided a stage for politics and the arts, reflected on existential questions and professional activities. It involved not only writing, but diplomacy, praying, painting, compo…
“Armas propias” y maquiavelismo militar: Con algunas notas sobre el concepto de autor en la tratadística del siglo XV
La circulación de El arte de la guerra de Maquiavelo ha supuesto una contribución fundamental al desarrollo en lengua vernácula de la cultura militar europea del siglo xv. Este artículo analiza algunos aspectos específicos de la recepción de esta obra en la producción escrita militar de su tiempo, concentrándose en particular en aquellos elementos vinculados con la cuestión de las “armas propias” que tan ampliamente propagó este libro de Maquiave…
Armi proprie” e machiavellismo militare: Con alcune note sul concetto di “autore” nella trattatistica del Cinquecento
La circolazione dell’Arte della guerra di Machiavelli ha dato un fondamentale contributo allo sviluppo della cultura militare europea in volgare del Cinquecento. Questo saggio analizza alcuni specifici aspetti della ricezione di quest’opera nella produzione scrittoria militare del tempo e in particolare si concentra su quegli elementi di pensiero legati al tema delle “armi proprie” fortemente propagandato dal libro machiavelliano. A questo propos…
Una possibile fonte delle Istorie fiorentine
Fondandosi sullo studio delle recenti acquisizioni documentarie concernenti una delle filze originali in cui erano riunite le carte appartenute a Niccolò Machiavelli, questo articolo avanza l’ipotesi di lavoro che la Cronica domestica di Donato Velluti potesse essere utilizzata dal Segretario fiorentino per servirsene nella redazione di alcuni capitoli delle sue Istorie fiorentine. Questa possibilità è sostenuta nel saggio sia da una comparazione…
Twenty Years After “Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 BC”
The article is a tribute to the pioneering role of Klavs Randsborg in the early Nineties in search for a new comprehensive chronology for Italian and European prehistory based on a combination of dendrodates with C14 dates. The debate of the last 25 years on this matter is presented, demonstrating a scholarly split, in particular in Italy. At the same time, an Italian peculiarity, the presence of layers of volcanic eruptions mixed with archaeolog…
The Emergence of Stratigraphic Archaeology in Mediterranean Europe: The Italian Case-Study (1900-1950)
In Italian classical archaeology, the definitive adoption of the stratigraphic excavation method occurred later than in other European countries. This methodological shift took place in Italy in the 1970s. We aim to scrutinize some points of the established historiographical reconstruction. We focus on three scholars regarded as “key figures” in the birth of Italian stratigraphic archaeology, yet all of the first half of the twentieth century, Gi…
History of Archaeology: International Perspectives
Per peli e per segni’. Muster rolls, lists and notes: Practical military records relating to the last Florentine ordinanze and militia, from Machiavelli to the fall of the Republic (1506-30)
In Renaissance Florence, the militia force created by Machiavelli in 1506, then re-established in 1527–30, involved the production of two types of records: the low-level ‘practical’ records which documented the daily running of an army in the field, such as muster rolls, notes and lists; and the upper-level administrative records, such as the correspondence between governing bodies and military officers. An analysis of published and unpublished s…
The Florentine Archives in Transition: Government, Warfare and Communication (1289–1530 ca.)
A turning point in European administrative and documentary practices was traditionally associated, most famously by Robert-Henri Bautier, with the monarchies of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. By summarizing previous research in this field, as well as by using both published and unpublished sources, this article intends to underline an earlier process of transition connected to the development of significant new techniques for…
Archival Transformations in Early Modern European History
This special issue addresses a double transformation. The first is the historical process that saw a dramatic increase in the production of documents and a substantial improvement in their management and preservation throughout Europe between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The early modern period, broadly conceived, is often described as the age of print, but it was also the great time of archives, understood as both the physical rep…
Years of Prehistory and Protohistory in Italy
Poesie liriche: Le Canzoni
Myth, memory and archaeology as historical sources
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Clarke in Mediterranean archaeology
When ANTIQUITY published the historical article by Clarke, I was a 20-year-old student, deeply engaged in field activities and substantially torn away from the 'theoretical' debate.My archaeological loss of innocence happened only in the early 1980s, when I discovered (thanks to people like Maurizio Tosi and Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri) the enormous explanatory potential of processual theories.It would be absurd to label the whole of Italian archa…
Archival Transformations in Early Modern European History
This special issue addresses a double transformation. The first is the historical process that saw a dramatic increase in the production of documents and a substantial improvement in their management and preservation throughout Europe between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The early modern period, broadly conceived, is often described as the age of print, but it was also the great time of archives, understood as both the physical rep…
Twenty Years After “Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 BC”
The article is a tribute to the pioneering role of Klavs Randsborg in the early Nineties in search for a new comprehensive chronology for Italian and European prehistory based on a combination of dendrodates with C14 dates. The debate of the last 25 years on this matter is presented, demonstrating a scholarly split, in particular in Italy. At the same time, an Italian peculiarity, the presence of layers of volcanic eruptions mixed with archaeolog…
Per peli e per segni’. Muster rolls, lists and notes: Practical military records relating to the last Florentine ordinanze and militia, from Machiavelli to the fall of the Republic (1506-30)
In Renaissance Florence, the militia force created by Machiavelli in 1506, then re-established in 1527–30, involved the production of two types of records: the low-level ‘practical’ records which documented the daily running of an army in the field, such as muster rolls, notes and lists; and the upper-level administrative records, such as the correspondence between governing bodies and military officers. An analysis of published and unpublished s…
Clarke in Mediterranean archaeology
When ANTIQUITY published the historical article by Clarke, I was a 20-year-old student, deeply engaged in field activities and substantially torn away from the 'theoretical' debate.My archaeological loss of innocence happened only in the early 1980s, when I discovered (thanks to people like Maurizio Tosi and Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri) the enormous explanatory potential of processual theories.It would be absurd to label the whole of Italian archa…
Clarke in Mediterranean archaeology
When ANTIQUITY published the historical article by Clarke, I was a 20-year-old student, deeply engaged in field activities and substantially torn away from the 'theoretical' debate.My archaeological loss of innocence happened only in the early 1980s, when I discovered (thanks to people like Maurizio Tosi and Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri) the enormous explanatory potential of processual theories.It would be absurd to label the whole of Italian archa…
Myth, memory and archaeology as historical sources
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Poesie liriche: Le Canzoni
Years of Prehistory and Protohistory in Italy
History of Archaeology: International Perspectives
Per peli e per segni’. Muster rolls, lists and notes: Practical military records relating to the last Florentine ordinanze and militia, from Machiavelli to the fall of the Republic (1506-30)
In Renaissance Florence, the militia force created by Machiavelli in 1506, then re-established in 1527–30, involved the production of two types of records: the low-level ‘practical’ records which documented the daily running of an army in the field, such as muster rolls, notes and lists; and the upper-level administrative records, such as the correspondence between governing bodies and military officers. An analysis of published and unpublished s…
The Florentine Archives in Transition: Government, Warfare and Communication (1289–1530 ca.)
A turning point in European administrative and documentary practices was traditionally associated, most famously by Robert-Henri Bautier, with the monarchies of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. By summarizing previous research in this field, as well as by using both published and unpublished sources, this article intends to underline an earlier process of transition connected to the development of significant new techniques for…
Archival Transformations in Early Modern European History
This special issue addresses a double transformation. The first is the historical process that saw a dramatic increase in the production of documents and a substantial improvement in their management and preservation throughout Europe between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The early modern period, broadly conceived, is often described as the age of print, but it was also the great time of archives, understood as both the physical rep…
The Emergence of Stratigraphic Archaeology in Mediterranean Europe: The Italian Case-Study (1900-1950)
In Italian classical archaeology, the definitive adoption of the stratigraphic excavation method occurred later than in other European countries. This methodological shift took place in Italy in the 1970s. We aim to scrutinize some points of the established historiographical reconstruction. We focus on three scholars regarded as “key figures” in the birth of Italian stratigraphic archaeology, yet all of the first half of the twentieth century, Gi…
Twenty Years After “Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 BC”
The article is a tribute to the pioneering role of Klavs Randsborg in the early Nineties in search for a new comprehensive chronology for Italian and European prehistory based on a combination of dendrodates with C14 dates. The debate of the last 25 years on this matter is presented, demonstrating a scholarly split, in particular in Italy. At the same time, an Italian peculiarity, the presence of layers of volcanic eruptions mixed with archaeolog…
Una possibile fonte delle Istorie fiorentine
Fondandosi sullo studio delle recenti acquisizioni documentarie concernenti una delle filze originali in cui erano riunite le carte appartenute a Niccolò Machiavelli, questo articolo avanza l’ipotesi di lavoro che la Cronica domestica di Donato Velluti potesse essere utilizzata dal Segretario fiorentino per servirsene nella redazione di alcuni capitoli delle sue Istorie fiorentine. Questa possibilità è sostenuta nel saggio sia da una comparazione…
“Armas propias” y maquiavelismo militar: Con algunas notas sobre el concepto de autor en la tratadística del siglo XV
La circulación de El arte de la guerra de Maquiavelo ha supuesto una contribución fundamental al desarrollo en lengua vernácula de la cultura militar europea del siglo xv. Este artículo analiza algunos aspectos específicos de la recepción de esta obra en la producción escrita militar de su tiempo, concentrándose en particular en aquellos elementos vinculados con la cuestión de las “armas propias” que tan ampliamente propagó este libro de Maquiave…
Armi proprie” e machiavellismo militare: Con alcune note sul concetto di “autore” nella trattatistica del Cinquecento
La circolazione dell’Arte della guerra di Machiavelli ha dato un fondamentale contributo allo sviluppo della cultura militare europea in volgare del Cinquecento. Questo saggio analizza alcuni specifici aspetti della ricezione di quest’opera nella produzione scrittoria militare del tempo e in particolare si concentra su quegli elementi di pensiero legati al tema delle “armi proprie” fortemente propagandato dal libro machiavelliano. A questo propos…
Between vita activa and vita contemplativa: Epistolary Forms of otium in Early Modern Italy
Letters went viral in early modern Italy, with politics and social interaction, artistic inspiration as well as spirituality and philosophy all hinging on ingenious epistolary cultures. Correspondence fashioned intellectuals and networks, constructed thoughts and schemes, provided a stage for politics and the arts, reflected on existential questions and professional activities. It involved not only writing, but diplomacy, praying, painting, compo…
Documents hidden behind a wall: An episode in the long-term archival conflict between the Este and the Roman Apostolic Chamber, 1633
This article examines the correspondence between Duke Francesco I d'Este (1629-58) and his agents regarding the documents the papal authorities found in 1633 behind a wall of Ferrara's castle, following the devolution of the city to the Papal States (1598). This article argues that this correspondence discloses the mentality behind the uses and the notions of archives that guided the protagonists of this story - that is, expectations that reveal …
History (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Classics (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (3 works) · Historical Studies on Spain (3 works)