Guicciardini (English name) Franceso Guicciardini

Japanese: グイッチャルディーニ - ぐいっちゃるでぃーに(英語表記)Franceso Guicciardini
Guicciardini (English name) Franceso Guicciardini

A Florentine politician, political thinker, and historian in the late Renaissance. Born into a distinguished aristocratic family, he served as a diplomat and administrator, mainly under two Medici popes, Leo X and Clement VII. In addition to his political activities, he wrote works such as "History of Florence" (1509) and "De Politique Florentiae" (1526). In his later years, he was dismissed from politics by Cosimo I de' Medici, and in despair, he devoted himself to completing his great work "History of Italy" (1537-1540). His most famous work is "Memoirs (Ricordi)," which contains many sharp observations about human beings and politics. Politically, he emphasized the political role of the aristocracy and took a position of suppressing democracy, and also tried to prevent foreign interference in Italy mainly by forming an alliance between Italian countries. Compared to his respected friend Machiavelli, who presented various measures to change the status quo, he was generally conservative.

[Tsuyoshi Sasaki]

"The History of Italy, translated by Takanashi Sueyoshi and Hideaki Kawamoto, 7 volumes (2001-2007, Taiyo Publishing)""The History of Florence, translated by Takanashi Sueyoshi, new edition (2006, Taiyo Publishing)"

[References] | Machiavelli | Medici family

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ルネサンス末期のフィレンツェの政治家、政治思想家、歴史家。名門の貴族の家に生まれ、外交官や行政官として主としてメディチ家の2人の教皇、レオ10世とクレメンス7世に仕えた。そして政治活動のかたわら『フィレンツェ史』(1509)、『フィレンツェ政体論』(1526)などを執筆した。晩年にはメディチ家のコジモ1世によって政界から退けられ、失意のうちに大著『イタリア史』(1537~1540)の完成に打ち込んだといわれる。彼の作品のなかでもっとも有名なのは『回想録(リコルディ)』であり、そこには人間や政治についての鋭い考察が数多くみられる。政治的には貴族の政治的役割を強調して民主制を抑制する立場をとり、また主としてイタリア各国の同盟によってイタリアへの外国の干渉を防ごうとした。畏友(いゆう)マキャベッリが現状変革のためにさまざまな方策を示したのに比べて、彼は全体として保守的であった。

[佐々木毅]

『末吉孝州・川本英明訳『イタリア史』全7冊(2001~2007・太陽出版)』『末吉孝州訳『フィレンツェ史』新装版(2006・太陽出版)』

[参照項目] | マキャベッリ | メディチ家

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