A Renaissance marriage : the political and personal alliance of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, 1490-1519 / Carolyn James.
2020
DG540.8.I7
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Title
A Renaissance marriage : the political and personal alliance of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, 1490-1519 / Carolyn James.
Author
James, Carolyn, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191761195 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
DG540.8.I7
Dewey Decimal Classification
945.281060922
Summary
The marriage of Isabella d'Este, one of the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance, and Francesco Gonzaga, ruler of the small northern Italian principality of Mantua (r.1484-1519) offers a fascinating portrait of political marriage in the early modern period. This text shows an aristocratic couple who, within several years of their wedding, had to deal with the political challenges posed by the first decades of the Italian Wars (1494-1559) and, later, the scourge of the Great Pox, humanising a relationship that was organised for entirely strategic reasons, but had to be inhabited emotionally if it was to produce the political and dynastic advantages that had inspired the match.
Note
The marriage of Isabella d'Este, one of the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance, and Francesco Gonzaga, ruler of the small northern Italian principality of Mantua (r.1484-1519) offers a fascinating portrait of political marriage in the early modern period. This text shows an aristocratic couple who, within several years of their wedding, had to deal with the political challenges posed by the first decades of the Italian Wars (1494-1559) and, later, the scourge of the Great Pox, humanising a relationship that was organised for entirely strategic reasons, but had to be inhabited emotionally if it was to produce the political and dynastic advantages that had inspired the match.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780199681211
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