Girolamo Arnaldi (31 January 1929 – 30 January 2016) was an Italian historian. Born in Pisa, in 1951 Arnaldi graduated in

Medieval History In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

, and then completed his postgraduate studied at the in the same city. He was professor of Medieval History at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...

from 1964 to 1970 and at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

from 1970 to 1999. Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the (ISIME) in Rome. Arnaldi was the author of several historical essays, and his researches mainly focused on the role of Italy and of the

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in shaping the medieval civilization. He also directed several collective works such as the Encyclopaedia of the Popes and the Enciclopedia Fridericiana for

Treccani The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' ( Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language ...

. He collaborated with

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for the documentary series ''La straordinaria storia dell’Italia''. His last book was ''L’Italia e i suoi invasori'' (2002), which in 2005 was translated in English and published by

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with the title ''Italy and Its Invaders''.

Honour

* : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 december 1993)

References

1929 births 2016 deaths People from Pisa 20th-century Italian historians University of Naples Federico II alumni Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Academic staff of the University of Bologna Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic {{Italy-historian-stub