The “Archivio Storico Lombardo” was first published in 1874 as the journal of the newborn Società Storica Lombarda, one of many historical associations which were formed both before and after the unification of Italy, often in contrast with the centralizing drive of Piedmont, where the Deputazione Subalpina was established as early as 1833. The program drafted for the journal by Cesare Cantù, first President of the Lombard society and super-intendent over the regional archives, pursued two basic goals: a predominant interest in the Visconti/Sforza duchy and Renaissance periods and the stress laid on historical sources and the study and publication of original records. Special attention was also directed to linguistic and dialectal studies, to folklore, statistics and urban history. These choices placed the “Archivio” in the mainstream of European historiography and were even more pronounced under the direction of Francesco Novati in the early twentieth century; they also helped to vindicate the claim to a primacy of Milan and Lombardy in Italian culture, as a sop to the disillusionment following the unification of the country.
Tra Otto e Novecento. L'«Archivio storico lombardo» e il contesto culturale
Gianmarco Gaspari
2024-01-01
Abstract
The “Archivio Storico Lombardo” was first published in 1874 as the journal of the newborn Società Storica Lombarda, one of many historical associations which were formed both before and after the unification of Italy, often in contrast with the centralizing drive of Piedmont, where the Deputazione Subalpina was established as early as 1833. The program drafted for the journal by Cesare Cantù, first President of the Lombard society and super-intendent over the regional archives, pursued two basic goals: a predominant interest in the Visconti/Sforza duchy and Renaissance periods and the stress laid on historical sources and the study and publication of original records. Special attention was also directed to linguistic and dialectal studies, to folklore, statistics and urban history. These choices placed the “Archivio” in the mainstream of European historiography and were even more pronounced under the direction of Francesco Novati in the early twentieth century; they also helped to vindicate the claim to a primacy of Milan and Lombardy in Italian culture, as a sop to the disillusionment following the unification of the country.
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