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Il saggio analizza il rapporto di Albertino Mussato (1261-1329) con l’imperatore Enrico VII e con sua moglie, Margherita di Brabante, attraverso la lettura delle opere letterarie del Mussato in prosa e in versi (De gestis Henrici VII Cesaris; De gestis Italicorum post Henricum VII Cesarem; Epistole; Carmina). A partire dal suo viaggio a Roma e anche dopo la sua morte, l’imperatore giocò un ruolo fondamentale come motore della scrittura letteraria di Albertino e per la sua auto-percezione sia come storico che come poeta. The essay analyses the relationship of Albertino Mussato (1261-1329) with emperor Henry VII and his wife, Margaret of Brabant, through a close reading of Mussato’s literary works both in prose and in verse (De gestis Henrici VII Cesaris; De gestis Italicorum post Henricum VII Cesarem; Epistole; Carmina). Throughout his journey to Rome and even after his death, the emperor played a fundamental role as a driving force for Mussato’s literary writing and for his perception of himself both as an historian and as a poet.

La contribution porte sur les encyclop��dies historiques r��dig��es dans les premi��res ann��es de l���humanisme italien. Apr��s avoir rappel�� les perplexit��s de P��trarque et Colluccio Salutati �� l�����gard de la compilation, sont propos��es des consid��rations sur la m��thode historiographique employ��e par certains compilateurs du xive si��cle qui peuvent ��tre rapproch��s du milieu pr��-humaniste : Giovanni de��� Matociis, Benzo d���Alessandria, Riccobaldo da Ferrara, et le dominicain Giovanni Colonna di Gallicano.

The thesis consists in the critical edition of the first four books of De gestis Italicorum post Henricum septimum Cesarem by Albertino Mussato (1261-1329). The critical text is enriched by several notes concerning Mussato’s language and style as well as the period of Italian history, 1313-1314, which is the matter of the four books. The thesis also offers a translation of the De gestis from Latin into Italian. The philological introduction describes the relations between the manuscripts and provides the first accurate description of codex Vat. lat. 4962, the only one which hands down all the De gestis. The general introduction analyses Mussato’s historical project and its connections with Trecento culture and with the Latin historiography of ancient Rome.