Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga :: power sharing at the Italian Renaissance Court /

In this first full length scholarly study of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, Sarah Cockram casts new light on a long misunderstood relationship and shows the couple's strategic teamwork in action. Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collabora...

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1. Verfasser: Cockram, Sarah D. P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Women and gender in the early modern world.
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Zusammenfassung:In this first full length scholarly study of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, Sarah Cockram casts new light on a long misunderstood relationship and shows the couple's strategic teamwork in action. Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing. She reveals sharing of authority; behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity; epistolary practices and dissimulation; network-building; sexual politics and seduction; court rivalries; Machiavellian intrigues and assassinations.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (275 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409448327
1409448320
1299830102
9781299830103
1409448312
9781409448310
1317112717
9781317112716

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