He was born at Arezzo in Tuscany, of a prominent family, several members of which were distinguished like himself for their attainments in law.[3] He was for some time professor of law in the University of Florence, and after the dismissal in 1456 from the Florentine chancellorship of the renowned humanist Poggio Bracciolini for incompetence and an interregnum of two years, Accolti himself became Chancellor of the Florentine Republic in 1458.
Accolti's memory was prodigious. Having, one day, heard a speech delivered by an ambassador from the king of Hungary to the Florentine government, he afterwards repeated it, word for word.
Accolti wrote in Latin a history of the First Crusade, entitled De Bello a Christianis contra Barbaros gesto pro Christi Sepulchro et Judaea recuperandis libri IV (1464), or "On the War carried on by the Christians against the Barbarians, for the Recovery of Christ's Sepulchre, and of Judea", which is said to have furnished Torquato Tasso with the historical basis for his Jerusalem Delivered.[3] Another work of Accolti's, a "Dialogue" (1461–63), was published at Parma in 1689; in this work, the author compares the achievements of the moderns to the ancients, in order to prove that the former are in no respect inferior to the latter. Both works were dedicated to members of the Medici family, the "Dialogue" to Cosimo "il vecchio", the history to his son Piero.
^ abcOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Accolti, Benedetto". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 121.
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benedetto, accolti, elder, benedetto, accolti, 1415, arezzo, september, 1464, florence, italian, jurist, humanist, historian, allegationes, consilia, 14th, 15th, century, manuscript, naples, biblioteca, nazionale, vittorio, emanuele, fondo, nazionale, born, ar. Benedetto Accolti 1415 in Arezzo 26 September 1464 in Florence 1 2 was an Italian jurist humanist and historian Allegationes et consilia 14th 15th century manuscript Naples Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III Fondo Nazionale ms I D 64 ff 327 He was born at Arezzo in Tuscany of a prominent family several members of which were distinguished like himself for their attainments in law 3 He was for some time professor of law in the University of Florence and after the dismissal in 1456 from the Florentine chancellorship of the renowned humanist Poggio Bracciolini for incompetence and an interregnum of two years Accolti himself became Chancellor of the Florentine Republic in 1458 Accolti s memory was prodigious Having one day heard a speech delivered by an ambassador from the king of Hungary to the Florentine government he afterwards repeated it word for word Accolti wrote in Latin a history of the First Crusade entitled De Bello a Christianis contra Barbaros gesto pro Christi Sepulchro et Judaea recuperandis libri IV 1464 or On the War carried on by the Christians against the Barbarians for the Recovery of Christ s Sepulchre and of Judea which is said to have furnished Torquato Tasso with the historical basis for his Jerusalem Delivered 3 Another work of Accolti s a Dialogue 1461 63 was published at Parma in 1689 in this work the author compares the achievements of the moderns to the ancients in order to prove that the former are in no respect inferior to the latter Both works were dedicated to members of the Medici family the Dialogue to Cosimo il vecchio the history to his son Piero Accolti s younger brother Francesco was also a distinguished jurist 3 His son Pietro became a cardinal while another son Bernardo was a notable vernacular poet Benedetto Accolti the Younger the chancellor s grandson also became a cardinal References edit BrillOnline Reference Works The new international encyclopaedia 1905 a b c nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Accolti Benedetto Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 1 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 121 Black Robert 1985 Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance Cambridge a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Black Robert 2006 Benedetto Accolti a Portrait In Christopher S Celenza Kenneth Gouwens eds Humanism and Creativity in the Renaissance Essays in Honor of Ronald G Witt Leiden pp 61 83 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link See also editHouse of Accolti other members of the family Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benedetto Accolti the Elder amp oldid 1201320216, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
