Luigi, Count Cibrario
Luigi, Count Cibrario | |
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Born | Usseglio | 23 February 1802
Died | 1 October 1870 Salò, Lombardy | (aged 68)
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation(s) | Statesman, historian |
Title | Count Cibrario |
Luigi, Count Cibrario (23 February 1802 in Usseglio, Piedmont – 1 October 1870) was an Italian statesman and historian.
Biography
Born in Usseglio, in what is now the
He entered the Sardinian civil service, and in 1824 was appointed lecturer on canon and civil law. His chief interest was the study of ancient documents, and he was sent to search the archives of Switzerland, France and Germany for charters relating to the history of Savoy.[1]
After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815 the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia reintroduced the teaching of history in the Italian primary school, which was firstly adopted by Napoleon. Cibrario authored the textbook titled Notizie sopra la storia dei principi di Savoia date dall’avvocato Luigi Cibrario ad uso delle scuole del Regno di Sardegna.[2] While the history of the House of Savoy was used as a starting chapter point for the national history of Italy, Cibrario derived the genealogy of the House of Savoy from the Burgudian branch[2] of Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat and of Margaret of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy, therefore denying their purpoted and commonly accepted Anglo-Saxon root. This new acknowledgement on the House of Savoy reported the internal dynastic pretences in the context of the Roman public law.[2]
During the
In May 1852 he became minister of finance in the reconstructed
On retiring from the foreign office Cibrario was created count. In 1860 he acted as mediator between Victor Emmanuel's government and the republic of
Count Cibrario died near Salò on Lake Garda in autumn 1870.[1]
Works
As a writer and historian, his most important work during his lifetime was his Economia politica del medio evo (Turin, 1839), which enjoyed great popularity at the time, but is now of little value. His Della schiavitù e del servaggio (Milan, 1868–1869) gave an account of the development and abolition of slavery and serfdom. His historical writings include:
- Delle artiglierie dal 1300 al 1700 (1847)
- Origini e progresso della monarchia di Savoia (1854)
- Degli ordini cavallereschi (1846)
- Degli ordini religiosi (1845)
- Memorie segrete of Charles Albert, written by order of Victor Emmanuel but afterwards withdrawn.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g public domain: Villari, Luigi (1911). "Cibrario, Luigi". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 352–353. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ OCLC 1040916200. Retrieved May 17, 2021.