Francesco Guicciardini - Works

Works

The following list contains alternate names used for his works in Italian and English:

  • Storie fiorentine (History of Florence 1509)
  • Diario di viaggio in Spagna (1512)
  • Discorso di Logrogno ("Discourse of Logrogno"; 1512)
  • Relazione di Spagna (1514)
  • Consolatoria (1527)
  • Oratio accusatoria (1527)
  • Oratio defensoria (1527)
  • Del reggimento di Firenze or Dialogo e discorsi del reggimento di Firenze ("Dialogue on Florentine Government" or "Dialogue on the Government of Florence"; 1527)
  • Considerazioni intorno ai "Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio ("Observations on Machiavelli's Discourses"; 1528, or possibly 1530)
  • Ricordi or Ricordi civili e politici (the name given by Giuseppe Canestrini when he first published the book in 1857) or Ricordi politici e civili (as the Catholic Encyclopedia refers to it); in English, usually "the Ricordi" but called "Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)" in one translation and "Counsels and Reflections" in another (1512–1530).
  • Le cose fiorentine (second "History of Florence"; 1528–1531)
  • Storia d'Italia ("History of Italy"; 1537–1540)

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