Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Intellectual History as Theory of Historical Knowledge

Moscow, September 23–25, 2019

Abstract

This article demonstrates the review of the international conference Machiavelli and Guicciardini: at the origin of Early Modern historical science, which was organized with the participation of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, Poletayev institute for theoretical and historical studies in the humanities (IGITI), The School of General and Applied Philology (SGAP), and The School of Philosophy. The conference took place in Moscow, September 23-25, 2019. The review considers the way intellectual history interconnects with contemporary theory and methodology of history while both of them refer to Machiavelli and Guicciardini. The review shows the role of Machiavelli and Guicciardini's political context, as well as the role of ideas of the historical science`s method in the 16th-18th centuries, for this interconnection.