Giovanni Battista Adriani
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Giovanni Battista Adriani (1511 or 1513 – 1579) was an Italian
historian
.
He was born of a patrician family of Florence
, and was secretary to the republic of Florence
. He was among the defenders of the city during the siege of 1530, but subsequently joined the Medici
party and was appointed professor of rhetoric at the university.
At the instance of Cosimo I he wrote a history of his own times, from 1536 to 1574, in Italian, which is generally, but according to Brunet
erroneously, considered a continuation of Guicciardini. De Thou acknowledges himself greatly indebted to this history, praising it especially for its accuracy.
Adriani also composed funeral oration
s in Latin on the emperor Charles V
and other noble personages, and was the author of a long letter on ancient painters and sculptors prefixed to the third volume of Vasari. His Istoria dei suoi tempi was published in Florence in 1583; a new edition appeared also in Florence in 1872.
Italy
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historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
.
He was born of a patrician family of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, and was secretary to the republic of Florence
Republic of Florence
The Republic of Florence , or the Florentine Republic, was a city-state that was centered on the city of Florence, located in modern Tuscany, Italy. The republic was founded in 1115, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon Margravine Matilda's death. The...
. He was among the defenders of the city during the siege of 1530, but subsequently joined the Medici
Medici
The House of Medici or Famiglia de' Medici was a political dynasty, banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century. The family originated in the Mugello region of the Tuscan countryside,...
party and was appointed professor of rhetoric at the university.
At the instance of Cosimo I he wrote a history of his own times, from 1536 to 1574, in Italian, which is generally, but according to Brunet
Brunet
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erroneously, considered a continuation of Guicciardini. De Thou acknowledges himself greatly indebted to this history, praising it especially for its accuracy.
Adriani also composed funeral oration
Funeral Oration
Funeral Oration is a speech by Lysias, one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators .-Sources:#Carey, Christopher. Trials from Classical Athens. New York: Routledge, 1997....
s in Latin on the emperor Charles V
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
and other noble personages, and was the author of a long letter on ancient painters and sculptors prefixed to the third volume of Vasari. His Istoria dei suoi tempi was published in Florence in 1583; a new edition appeared also in Florence in 1872.