The Prince and the «Condottiero» in Italian Humanism and Renaissance (eBook, PDF)

Literature, History, Political Theory and Art

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates the process of definition, evolution and representation of the figures of the prince and the condottiero in Italian Humanism and Renaissance. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach and considering different cultural centers, the essays explore this subject across historiography, literature, political theory and art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800795921
• Artikelnr.: 72712115

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Marta Celati: The Felix Prince-Condottiero in Humanist Literature: The Portrayal of Alfonso the Magnanimous's Felicitas - Antonietta Iacono: Le parole del re- condottiero - Hester Schadee: Poggio Bracciolini's Mirrors-for-Prelates: Constructing Grievable Lives - James Hankins: Italian Humanists on Reform of the Condottieri System: The Case of Francesco Patrizi of Siena - Guido Cappelli: Classicismo e tirannide nell'Italia umanistica - Maria Pavlova: 'Dengnissimo mio chapitano': The Figure of the Military Commander in Lorenzo degli Olbizi and Leonardo di Francesco Benci - Valentina Gritti: Eroi antichi alla corte di Ferrara: Alessandro, Cesare, Ciro il Grande ed Ercole specula principis della casa d'Este - Anna Carocci: Buoni e cattivi: Agnadello nelle guerre in ottava rima - Claudia Daniotti: Ancient Heroes to Teach the Young Ludovico il Moro: Alexander the Great and the Indian King Porus in the Codice Sforza - Daniel Jaquet: The Condottiero in Bronze: Portrait Medals of Masters of Arms in Italian Courts (1480-1580) - Livia Stoenescu: The Dynastic Portrait of Charles V and the Habsburgs in the Ephemera of Early Modern Italian Art - Stefano Jossa: Un principe caduto da cavallo: Il Principe e Gli Heroici di Giovan Battista Pigna tra poetica e politica - Bryan Brazeau: Highway to Heaven? Dissimulating Christian Leadership in Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata - Simone Testa: Sanguine and Melancholic: The Ideal Prince according to Scipione Di Castro - Cristina Zampese: 'Salerno alto e gentile': Fermenti intellettuali e rovina politica nel principato di Ferrante Sanseverino e Isabella Villamarina - Eugenio Refini: The Unhappy Prince: Queering a Renaissance Myth.