Federico Chabod or Frédéric Chabod ( - February 23, 1901 – July 14, 1960) was an Italian historian and politician.

Biography

Born in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

from notary Laurent from

Valsavarenche Valsavarenche (local Valdôtain: ; known as ''Valsavara'' under fascist rule from 1939 to 1946, and as ''Valsavaranche'' from 1946 to 1976) is a ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley, northern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian R ...

and Giuseppina Baratino from

Ivrea Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it strad ...

, he studied at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

under Pietro Egidi and

Gaetano Salvemini Gaetano Salvemini (; 8 September 1873 – 6 September 1957) was an Italian Socialist and antifascist politician, historian and writer. Born in a family of modest means, he became an acclaimed historian both in Italy and abroad, particularly in ...

, writing his thesis on Machiavelli. His thesis was published with the title of ''Introduzione al Principe'' in 1924. After graduating from the University of Turin, he continued his studies, this time at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

under

Friedrich Meinecke Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German historian, with national liberal and anti-Semitic views, who supported the Nazi invasion of Poland. After World War II, as a representative of an older tradition, he criti ...

. He began his academic career at the

University of Perugia University of Perugia (Italian ''Università degli Studi di Perugia'') is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale. Th ...

and the

University of Milan The University of Milan ( it, Università degli Studi di Milano; la, Universitas Studiorum Mediolanensis), known colloquially as UniMi or Statale, is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe ...

. In 1946, he was hired by the University of Rome to head the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici founded by Benedetto Croce. He is best known for expanding Italian historiography from its traditional insularity by linking it in a broader, European context. Chabod died at Rome in 1960.

Works

* ''L'Italia contemporanea'' * ''L'Historiographie de l'Italie contemporaine'' * ''De Machiavel à Benedetto Croce: études présentées'' * ''Histoire de l'idée d'Europe'' * ''Storia della politica estera italiana dal 1870 al 1896'', 1951. English trans. 1996.books.google.com
/ref> * ''Lezioni di metodo storico'' * ''Scritti su Machiavelli'' * ''Scritti sul Rinascimento'' * ''Il ducato di Milano e l'impero di Carlo V'' * ''Lo Stato e la vita religiosa a Milano nell'epoca di Carlo V'' * ''Storia di Milano nell'epoca di Carlo V'' * ''Carlo V e il suo impero'' * ''Storia dell'idea d'Europa'' * ''Idea di Europa e politica dell'equilibro'' * ''L'idea di nazione''

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Conseil de la Vallée (Aosta Valley Regional Council)
(in French and Italian)

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