Guglielmo Ferrero

Guglielmo Ferrero (IPA guʎʎelmo ferrero, born July 21, 1871 in Portici; † August 3, 1942 in Mont- Pelerin -sur -Vevey, France ) was an Italian historian, sociologist, journalist and novelist, author of Grandezza e decadenza di Roma ( 5 vols 1902-1907; German under the title and fall of Rome in 6 volumes ). Ferrero devoted himself in his writings to liberalism.

Ferrero studied law in Pisa, Bologna and Turin. Soon after, he married Gina Lombroso, a daughter of Cesare Lombroso, with whom he delinquent La donna, la donna e la prostituta normal ( " The criminals, the prostitute, and the normal woman " ) wrote. Traveled extensively in Europe 1891-1894 Ferrero around and wrote 1897 Young Europe. After studying the history of Rome, Ferrero turned the political essay and novels ( Between Two Worlds 1913 speeches to the pigeons in 1925 and the two truths 1933-1939 ) and coined the term "political class ". As the fascist rule of the Blackshirts forced liberal intellectuals to leave Italy in 1925, Ferrero refused and was placed under house arrest. 1929 Ferrero took a professorship in Geneva. His last works, however (Adventure, The reconstruction of Europe, power, and the two French Revolutions ), he devoted himself to the French Revolution and Napoleon.

In 1908 he was invited by Theodore Roosevelt in the White House.

He lectured in the northeastern United States, which were collected in 1909 and published under the title ' Characters and Events of Roman History'.

Works (selection)

And fall of Rome. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1908-1910

  • Vol 1 How Rome Empire was
  • Vol 2 Julius Caesar
  • Vol 3 The end of the old Free State
  • Vol 4 Antony and Cleopatra
  • Vol 5 The new Free State of Augustus
  • Vol 6 The Empire under Augustus
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