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Arnaldo Dante Momigliano, KBE, FBA (5 September 1908 – 1 September 1987) was an Italian historian of classical antiquity, known for his work in historiography, and characterised by Donald Kagan as "the world's leading student of the writing of history in the ancient world". [1] . He was a MacArthur Fellow in 1987. [2] Biography.
The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law begins with a brilliant description of the revolution in the historical study of law in sixteenth-century France, before turning to Sir Edward Coke and then proceeding through the seventeenth-century in England.
Aug 31, 1992 · Here, at last, are the long-awaited Sather Classical Lectures of the great historian Arnaldo Momigliano, In a masterly survey of the origins of ancient historiography, Momigliano captures those features of an ancient historian's work that not only gave it importance in its own day but also encouraged imitation and exploitation in ...
Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-87) was born and educated in Italy. He was appointed to the chair of Roman history at the University of Turin in 1936, but deprived of his professorship under Mussolini's...
In this provocative and occasionally brilliantly witty essay, Momigliano sets forth his programmatic views on the ethos of the historian, as well as on the historical method and its applications in the study of ancient history.
- Tim Cornell
In this provocative and occasionally brilliantly witty essay, Momigliano sets forth his programmatic views on the ethos of the historian, as well as on the historical method and its applications in the study of ancient history.
THE LATER MOMIGLIANO G. W. Bowersock W hen Arnaldo Momigliano died on September 1, 1987, the intellectual life of many countries suffered a severe blow. To scholars and thinkers in Italy, France, Germany, England, Israel, and the United States, Momi gliano was not only an historian of renown but a personal friend.
