REUMONT, ALFRED von. - Prussian historian and diplomat, b. 15 Aug. 1808 in Aachen, d. there 27 Apr. 1887. A Catholic, he studied at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg and entered the Prussian diplomatic service.
In 1829 he came to Italy for the first time as attaché to the legation in Florence, where he met Gino Capponi and contributed to Vieusseux's Antologia. A great admirer of Italian culture, he published studies, research and profiles on events and people in the history of the Peninsula. From 1836 until 1843 he was attaché to the legation in Rome, residing in Rome and Florence. He encouraged Vieusseux to found the Archivio storico italiano and contributed to it until his death: his bibliographical notes on German works concerning Italian history were particularly appreciated. In 1841 he had meanwhile publi-
“Reumont, alfred von.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 827–828. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/reumont-alfred-von.
MLA
“Reumont, alfred von.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 827–828. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/reumont-alfred-von.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_reumont_alfred_von,
author = {Redazione},
title = {Reumont, alfred von},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {827--828},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/reumont-alfred-von}
}
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