This article analyses Francesco Ottieri's historical work, his authority as historian, and his book's eighteenth-century readers. During the seventeenth century, books concerning recent events and early newspapers informed an expanding European readership. Between 1716 and 1735, Ottieri authored the Istoria, an eight-volume account of the War of the Spanish Succession. Although the book circulated significantly during the eighteenth century, coming into possession of some of the period's most eminent historians, it was thereafter largely forgotten. Ottieri, a nobleman and holder of courtly offices, applied to modern history the antiquarian's new attention to sources and documents. His social status, and the experiences acquired at court and during his European travels provided both information and authority. Breaking with a late-humanist tradition of retired statesman-historians, Ottieri became in the reading public's eye an authoritative and impartial voice on modern history. The Istoria pioneered a new form of historiography, which combined elements of antiquarian scholarship with its author's unprecedented determination to inform the general public.

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旅行、专业知识和读者：Francesco Ottieri（1665-1742）和现代历史写作

本文分析了 Francesco Ottieri 的历史著作、他作为历史学家的权威以及他的书的 18 世纪读者。在 17 世纪，有关近期事件的书籍和早期报纸为不断扩大的欧洲读者群提供了信息。1716 年至 1735 年间，奥蒂埃里 (Ottieri) 撰写了伊斯托里亚 (  Istoria)，西班牙王位继承战争的八卷本。尽管这本书在 18 世纪广为流传，并为当时一些最杰出的历史学家所拥有，但此后在很大程度上被遗忘了。Ottieri 是一位贵族和宫廷官员，他将古物学家对资料和文件的新关注应用于现代历史。他的社会地位以及在法庭上和欧洲旅行期间获得的经验提供了信息和权威。Ottieri 打破了退休政治家-历史学家的晚期人文主义传统，成为读者眼中现代历史的权威和公正的声音。该 Istoria 开创了一种新的史学形式，将古物学术的元素与作者前所未有的向公众提供信息的决心相结合。