Leonardo Bruni

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Italian humanist Latin author Renaissance writer chancellor historian human politician translator

Leonardo Bruni was an influential early Italian Renaissance humanist, historian, and chancellor of Florence, known for his Latin writings and for helping shape civic humanism.

Aliases (2)

Leonardo Bruni Aretino ×1
Leonardus Bruni Aretinus ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian humanist → Latin author → Renaissance writer → chancellor → historian → human → politician → translator →
activityEnd	mid 15th century →
activityStart	late 14th century →
alternateName	Leonardo Bruni Aretino → Leonardus Bruni Aretinus →
birthDate	c. 1370 →
birthPlace	Arezzo → Republic of Florence →
burialPlace	Santa Croce, Florence →
citizenship	Republic of Florence →
deathDate	1444-03-09 →
deathPlace	Florence →
educatedAt	University of Florence →
era	Early Renaissance →
genre	biography → historiography → political theory → rhetoric →
influenced	Italian Renaissance political thought → civic humanism →
influencedBy	Aristotle → Cicero → Coluccio Salutati → Petrarch →
knownFor	Latin historiography of Florence → developing the concept of civic humanism → humanist translations from Greek to Latin →
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian → Latin →
movement	Italian Renaissance → Renaissance humanism → civic humanism →
name	Leonardo Bruni →
nationality	Italian →
notableWork	De interpretatione recta → De studiis et litteris → Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII → History of the Florentine People → Laudatio Florentinae urbis → Vita di Cicerone → Vita di Dante → Vita di Petrarca →
occupation	chancellor of Florence → historian → humanist → statesman → translator →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Republic of Florence →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
studentOf	Coluccio Salutati →
translatedWork	Aristotle's Ethics → Aristotle's Politics → Greek philosophical texts into Latin → Plutarch's Lives →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Leonardo Bruni ("Leonardo Bruni Aretino") → Leonardo Bruni ("Leonardus Bruni Aretinus") →	alternateName
Renaissance humanism →	associatedWithFigure
Coluccio Salutati →	influenced
Leonardo Bruni →	name