Federico Chabod

Federico Chabod (Italian: [fedeˈriːko ʃʃaˈbo]; February 23, 1901 – July 14, 1960), also referred to as Frédéric Chabod[1] (French: [fʁedeʁik ʃabo]), was an Italian historian and politician.

Born in Aosta from notary Laurent Chabod, from Valsavarenche, and Giuseppina Baratono, from Ivrea,[2] he studied at the University of Turin under Pietro Egidi and Gaetano Salvemini, writing his thesis on Machiavelli.

His thesis was published with the title of Introduzione al Principe in 1924.

In 1946, he was hired by the University of Rome to head the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici founded by Benedetto Croce.

He is best known for expanding Italian historiography from its traditional insularity by linking it in a broader, European context.