Sarah D P Cockram

Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga

Power Sharing at the Italian Renaissance Court

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing.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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781409448310
• ISBN-10: 1409448312
• Artikelnr.: 41251563

Autorenporträt

Sarah D.P. Cockram is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: Letters and lies
Power sharing
The elimination of threats to the Marchesa's authority
Disgruntled diplomats and scissor attacks: divided fronts in the court environment
International diplomacy: the Borgia menace
Overcoming tension and troubles
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.