GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -1370 – March 9, 1444) was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian. He was the earliest person to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bruni was born to wealthy parents in the Tuscan city of Arezzo. In the early 1390s he entered the University of Florence. He intended to study law but instead fell into the literary circle of Coluccio Salutati, the chancellor of Florence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leonardo Bruni, also called Leonardo Aretino, (born c. 1370, Arezzo, Florence [Italy]-died March 9, 1444, Florence), Italian humanist scholar of the Renaissance.