D. M. Bueno De Mesquita

Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351 1402)

A Study in the Political Career of an Italian Despot

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1941 volume constitutes the first full account of the life of Giangaleazzo Visconti (1351 1402), the first Duke of Milan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9780521234559
• ISBN-10: 0521234557
• Artikelnr.: 33608598

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Italy in the fourteenth century. The
growth of the Visconti state; 2. Giangaleazzo's early years: the Count of
Vertus in Piedmontese politics (1378-85); 3. Giangaleazzo and Bernabó: the
hermit of Pavia (1378-85); 4. Northern Italy and the fall of Bernabó
(1385). The new Lord of Milan; 5. The Visconti state: the government of
Lomardy and Giangaleazzo's administrative reforms (1385-9); 6. The
political divisions of Italy. The new situation in Piedmont; the betrothal
of Valentina, and the great schism (1385-9); 7. The conquest of eastern
Lombardy (1385-8); 8. Giangaleazzo and Florence: the delineation of the
Tuscan problem (1385-8); 9. Giangaleazzo and Florence: the drift to war
(December 1388-April 1390); 10. The first war against Florence (May
1390-January 1392); 11. The Visconti dominions and the war. The aftermath
of the war: the League of Bologna (1392); 12. Giangaleazzo and France: the
'Kingdom of Adria'. Giangaleazzo and the League of Bologna. Giangaleazzo
and Germany (1393-May 1395); 13. The Duke of Milan and his court; 14.
Giangaleazzo and the negotiations for an imperial-papal alliance. The
difficulties of the League of Bologna. The Franco-Florentine alliance
(September 1395-October 1396); 15. The Mantuan war (November 1396-May
1398); 16. Lombardy during the Mantuan war. The collapse of the League of
Bologna, and Giangaleazzo's policy at the truce of Pavia (1397-May 1938);
17. From the truce of Pavia to the peace of Venice: the acquisition of
Pisa, Siena and Perugia (May 1398-March 1400); 18. Giangaleazzo and the
states of Western Europe: the deposition of Wenceslaus and the Italian
expedition of Rupert of Bavaria (1400-April 1402); 19. The rule of Giovanni
Bentivoglio in Bologna. The policy of Venice during the German expedition,
and Giangaleazzo's conquest of Bologna (1401-June 1402); 20. Giangaleazzo
and Florence (1402); 21. The state of Lombardy at the time of
Giangaleazzo's death (1402); 22. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography;
Index.