A Renaissance marriage : the political and personal alliance of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, 1490-1519 / Carolyn James.
By: James, Carolyn [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191761195 (ebook) :Subject(s): Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 -- Marriage | Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519 -- Marriage | Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 | Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519 | Mantua (Italy) -- Kings and rulers | Mantua (Italy) -- History | Mantua (Italy) -- Politics and governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199681211DDC classification: 945.281060922 LOC classification: DG540.8.I7Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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