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Isabella d'Este - A Renaissance Princess (Paperback)
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Isabella d'Este - A Renaissance Princess (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Historical Biographies
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Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539), is one of the
most studied figures of Renaissance Italy, as an epitome of
Renaissance court culture and as a woman having an unusually
prominent role in the politics of her day. This biography provides
a well-rounded account of the full range of her activities and
interests from her childhood to her final years as a dowager, and
considers Isabella d'Este not as an icon but as a woman of her time
and place in the world. It covers all aspects of her life including
her relationship with her parents and siblings as well as with her
husband and children; her interest in literature and music,
painting and antiquities; her political and diplomatic activities;
her concern with fashion and jewellery; her relations with other
women; and her love of travel. In this book, grounded in an
understanding of the context of the Italy of her day, the typical
interests and behaviour of women of Isabella d'Este's status within
Renaissance Italy are distinguished from those that were unique to
her, such as the elaborate apartments that she created for herself
and her extensive surviving correspondence, which provides insights
into all aspects of life in the major courts of northern Italy,
centres of Renaissance culture. Providing fresh perspectives on one
of the most famous figures of Renaissance Italy, Isabella d'Este
will be of great interest to undergraduates and graduates of early
modern history, gender studies, renaissance studies and art
history.
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