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Flavio Biondo

1388 - 1463

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Flavio Biondo (Latin Flavius Blondus) (1392 – June 4, 1463) was an Italian Renaissance humanist historian. He was one of the first historians to use a three-period division of history (Ancient, Medieval, Modern) and is known as one of the first archaeologists. Born in the capital city of Forlì, in the Romagna region, Flavio was well schooled from an early age, studying under Ballistario of Cremona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Flavio Biondo has received more than 94,532 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Flavio Biondo is the 82nd most popular historian (up from 84th in 2019), the 1,171st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,256th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Flavio Biondo ranks 82 out of 561. Before him are Eutropius, Ephorus, Lev Gumilyov, Nicolaus of Damascus, Carlo Ginzburg, and Donna Haraway. After him are Al-Maqrizi, Georges Duby, Julius Wellhausen, Erich Auerbach, George Ostrogorsky, and Al-Waqidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1388, Flavio Biondo ranks 2. Before him is Musa Çelebi. After him are Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Gian Maria Visconti, Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg, Antoine de la Sale, Dai Jin, and Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus. Among people deceased in 1463, Flavio Biondo ranks 6. Before him are François Villon, Marie of Anjou, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, David of Trebizond, and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria. After him are Didacus of Alcalá, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Catherine of Bologna, Isidore of Kiev, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Mary of Guelders.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Flavio Biondo ranks 1,171 out of 5,161. Before him are Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Trota of Salerno (1001), Ildibad (450), Persius (34), Mary of Modena (1658), and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524). After him are Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Filarete (1400), Gino Colaussi (1914), Franco Corelli (1921), Lambert of Italy (880), and Tito Gobbi (1913).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Flavio Biondo ranks 10. Before him are Euhemerus (-330), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), and Carlo Ginzburg (1939). After him are Timaeus (-350), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Andrea Alciato (1492), Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), Martino Martini (1614), and Philistus (-430).

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