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Francesco Guicciardini
Italian historian and statesman
Years: 1483 - 1540
Francesco Guicciardini (March 6, 1483 – May 22, 1540) is an Italian historian and statesman.
A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance.
In his masterpiece, The History of Italy, Guicciardini paves the way for a new style in historiography with his use of government sources to support arguments and the realistic analysis of the people and events of his time.
