Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga : power sharing at the Italian Renaissance Court / Sarah D.P. Cockram.

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Cockram, Sarah D. P [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Women and gender in the early modern worldPublisher: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013Description: 1 online resource (275 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781409448327
1409448320
1299830102
9781299830103
1409448312
9781409448310
1317112717
9781317112716

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga.DDC classification:

945.281060922 22

LOC classification:

DG540.8.I7 C62 2013

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Usage; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Photograph Credits; Introduction; 1. Letters and Lies; 2. Power Sharing; 3. The Elimination of Threats to the Marchesa's Authority; 4. Disgruntled Diplomats and Scissor Attacks: Divided Fronts in the Court Environment; 5. International Diplomacy: The Borgia Menace; 6. Overcoming Tension and Troubles; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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 Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing.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

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 Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing.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