Carlo Leoni (historian)
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Conte Carlo Leoni was an Italian historian and epigraphist. Above all, he recorded several inscription on the city walls of Padua
, which (inspired by the Romantic
taste for the medieval) were characterised more by prosopography
and grandiloquence than by historical precision.
Walls of Padua
The Walls of Padua are a complex of defensive works around the Italian city of Padua, designed to defend it from hostile attack. It was built in 4 phases.-Roman:...
, which (inspired by the Romantic
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
taste for the medieval) were characterised more by prosopography
Prosopography
In historical studies, prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a historical group, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable, by means of a collective study of their lives, in multiple career-line analysis...
and grandiloquence than by historical precision.