Secretary of the Pope Eugene IV, Nicolus V, Calixt III +
Pious II, he was the 1st historian known by name to
give consideration to archaeology. Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
made exerpts from Biodo's works.
HEHL (102572) No rubrication. Decadis Secundae - begins n1
Liber I-X ends E8
my leaf. Liber VI (in error II), t10 (of 10), middle of volume.
begins on t7 ends u10.
The Decades of Blondus was a strong example of
Renaissance historiography + a precursor to Gibbon.
Divided into 22 books the Decades traced the history of
Italy from the invasion of the Goths + the destruction of
Rome (410 AD) to Blondus' own times + was left
incomplete at his death. Blondus mad an important
contribution ot humanist historiography by his
through use of philogical +archaeological sources.
-His Decades, the only work of his published before his
death devotes 20 books to period between the 5th C. +
the fall of Frederick II in 1250 + 10 more books to the
period ensuing until 1440.
t9 Anno salutis Me lXXXI (1181)
u1 Fredericus barbarossus imperator
Decadis primas - 10 books
Decadis tertia - 11 books
Biondo was the greatest historiographer before Guiccardini
+ author of a history of the decline of the Roman empire
that foreshadowed Gibbon.
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