@misc{ author = {Alessandra Mantovani}, title = {History as civic vocation. Historiae Bononienses by Giovanni Garzoni}, publisher = {ArchetipoLibri}, volume = {8}, abstract = {In his Historiae Bononienses completed around 1494, Giovanni Garzoni recasted in a continuous narrative a number of earlier monographs on the history of Bologna spanning the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries. Bolognàs internal turmoil, which often erupted into civil war, was rooted in external wars involving in most circumstances the city's legitimate overlords—the popes. This situation creates a perpetual conflict, which threatens or even curtails civic libertas. Garzoni's Historia draws on models of both civic and court historiography, whose crucial assertion is that the ruling family guarantees the historical, cultural and political identity of the city. While he allows that Bolognàs destiny is connected to the fortunes of the signorial family of the Bentivoglio, a leading role in the centuries-old fight for libertas was always played by populus Bononiensis, who adopted this as almost a civic vocation.}, keywords = {Bologna Giovanni Garzoni Renaissance Italy History}, ISBN = {ISSN:1825-411X}, year = {2012} }