Gino Capponi
Gino Capponi ( born September 14, 1792 in Florence, † February 3, 1876 ) was an Italian politician, historian and poet. He is considered a forerunner of Neoguelfismus.
Gino Capponi came from a famous old family which played an important political role in the 14th century in Florence. He gained through studies and travels a diverse education and lived almost exclusively to the sciences and human aspirations, but had the misfortune to become blind early.
In July 1848 he became the head of the Tuscan government, but withdrew, suspected because of its moderation and love of peace by the radicals, after 40 days again into private life. The revolution of 1859 he approved, though he took no prominent part in it. Victor Emmanuel appointed him Honorary President of the Institute of higher studies and a member of the Senate, in which he took part in the work of the commissions, while he unfolded only a mediocre talent as an orator in the debates. Through domestic misfortune oppressed, yet highly celebrated he died on February 3, 1876.
In the scientific field, he published a number of historical works in the Archivio Storico Italiano and gave Pietro Collettas Storia del reame di Napoli, the Documenti di storia italiana (Florence 1836-37 ) and others out.
He also participated in the lexical work of the Accademia della Crusca and the improvement of the text of Dante's Divine Comedy. He was therefore placed at the head of the Commission for historic Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches 1862.
Capponi main work is the Storia della repubblica di Firenze ( Florence, 1875, 2 vols; German by Hans Dütschke, Leipzig 1877), which in its earlier part is not narrowly critical, but has many other advantages of a monumental historical work. His Scritti editi ed Inediti gave Tabarrini (Florence 1877, 2 vols ), out his Lettere Carraresi (ibid. 1882 to 1884, 3 vols ).
Works (selection)
- Gino Capponi; Gian Pietro Vieusseux: Carteggio. Firenze: Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia [ua ], 1994 to 1996. Volume 1: 1821-1833 ISBN 88-00-84048-5; Volume 2: 1834-1850 ISBN 88-00-84023- X; Volume 3: 1851-1863 ISBN 88-00-84019-1.