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The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo - Duchess of Florence and Siena (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo - Duchess of Florence and Siena (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Eleonora di Toledo was a powerful and influential woman who, over
the course of nearly a quarter century (1539-62), contributed
profoundly to the cultural flowering of ducal Florence. Her
patronage of some of the leading artists of the time, her support
of newly arrived Jesuit preachers, her involvement in charitable
activities, her unfailing devotion to her husband and his policies,
not to mention her successful farming and business ventures are
only some of the areas where her influence was unambiguously
exercised and felt. She also provided the House of Medici with a
full stable of children to re-invigorate the failing family line,
ensure male succession even in the face of unexpected calamities,
and provide enough females to establish marriage connections with a
variety of noble and ruling houses in Italy. In spite of all these
contributions, Eleonora has attracted little attention from
scholars. This apparent disinterest may be a factor of Eleonora's
personal style, or of the bad press that, as a Spanish noblewoman,
she quickly received from her Florentine subjects, or of modern
antipathy for some of the basic characteristics of ducal Florence.
An examination of her impact on Tuscany is long overdue. In fact, a
fuller, more nuanced understanding of the duchess can shed a more
profound light not only on her as a person, or on her impact on
Tuscan culture in the sixteenth century, but also on the
contribution of female consorts to the vitality of a successful
early-modern state. The essays collected here bring together a
variety of scholars working in various disciplines. While many of
the articles take their cue from art history (a natural reflection
of the innovative research recent art historians have carried out
on the duchess), they also reach out towards other disciplines -
political history, literature, spectacle, and religion to mention
just a few. In so doing, they expand our understanding of
Eleonora's place in her society and reveal a very complex,
determined, and capable woman.
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