Luigi Salvatorelli (11 March 1886 – 3 November 1974) was an Italian historian and publicist, born in

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. He was a political journalist in 1919 during

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's rise to power and was associated with the

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-based liberal newspaper ''

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'' in 1921. He stopped writing when Mussolini abolished the freedom of the press and later became a member of the

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Action Party (''Partito d'Azione'', PdA). His work ''Storia d'Italia nel periodo fascista'' (History of Italy in the Fascist Period, co-written with Giovanni Mira) is still to this day, with its 1,100 pages, one of the most detailed historiography monographs about the 1919-1945 period in Italy.

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Biography (in Italian).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvatorelli, Luigi 1886 births 1974 deaths People from Marsciano Action Party (Italy) politicians