John Alfred Tedeschi

Background

Tedeschi, John Alfred was born on July 17, 1931 in Modena, Italy. Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. Son of Caesar George and Piera (Forti) Tedeschi.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1954. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.

Career

Bibliographer European history and literature, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1965-1984; curator rare books and manuscripts, head department special collections, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1970-1982; director Center Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1979-1984; curator rare books and special collections, Memorial Library University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1984-1996. Lecturer history University of Chicago, 1969-1971. Visiting professor University of Illinois-Chicago, 1972-1973, Adjunct Professor, 1979-1984.

Achievements

• John Alfred Tedeschi has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Domenico Scandella Known As Menocchio: His Trials Before the Inquisition (1583-1599) (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)

    (From the Preface: Domenico Scandella, the quixotic, free-...)

  • By Carlo Ginzburg - The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century: 1st (first) Edition

    (A spectacular and instructive read. Some underlining in C...)

  • Italian Reformation Studies in Honor of Laelius Socinus
  • The Italian Reformation of the sixteenth century and the diffusion of Renaissance culture: A bibliography of the secondary literature, ca. 1750-1997 (Strumenti)
  • The Prosecution of Heresy: Collected Studies on the Inquisition in Early Modern Italy (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Society Reformation Research (president 1972), Renaissance Society of America (executive board 1971-1996), 16th Century Studies Conference (president 1987), Archive of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Vatican City. President 1999-2002, scholarly advisory committee), University Trieste, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Vatican), General Administration for Archives (Rome.

President scholarly advisory committee for collaborative project to catalogue electronically dispersed Inquisitorial sources, since 2004. Livorno, Italy scholarly advisory committee to plan for 4th centenary of elevation to status of a city, 2004-2006), Academy Ambrosiana (Milan)(elected member 2008), American History Association, Institute Nazionale Di Studi Sul Rinascimento(elec consigliere onorario, 2009), Renaissance Society of America.

Connections

Married Anne Wood Christian, September 8, 1956. Children: Martha, Philip, Sara.

Father:

Caesar George Tedeschi

Mother:

Piera (Forti) Tedeschi

Spouse:

Anne Wood Christian

child:

Sara Tedeschi

child:

Martha Tedeschi

child:

Philip Tedeschi