Michele Cianciulli (1895–1965) was an Italian lawyer, historian, and philosopher. Cianciulli, born in

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, was charged with the teaching of

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at the

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in Rome. He has written books in history and philosophy. The most well-known are the works on King

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and on Brigantaggio. Known for his moral integrity he executed the last wills for several important inheritances and was a known anti-fascist in the period 1922-1945. He was the administrator responsible for the Grande Oriente di Italia in the 1950-1955. He was friends with and exchanged letters with the composer

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. He died in Rome in 1965.

Works

* ''Mazzini e il Romanticismo'' * ''Il brigantaggio nell'Italia meridionale dal 1860 al 1870'' * ''Re Manfredi e la tradizione della sua tomba in Montevergine'' * ''Gentile - Tillinger: etica'' * ''L'opera filosofica di F. Masci'', in ''Idealismo realistico'' (1927), nn. 5-6.

Rare and unpublished

* ''Colloqui con mio fratello''

Sources

*Ciano A., ''The Savoia and the massacre in southern Italy'', Grandmelò, Roma, 1996. *Michele Cianciulli on Montellanet.com, ''http://www.montellanet.com/montella/personaggi/personaggi.asp?id=117&title=Michele%20Cianciulli'' *https://web.archive.org/web/20080413053511/http://www.montella.eu/Personaggi/Personaggi/Personaggi_Mont-01.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Cianciulli, Michele 1895 births 1965 deaths People from the Province of Avellino 20th-century Italian lawyers 20th-century Italian historians 20th-century Italian philosophers