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1 online resource (275 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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Women and gender in the early modern world.
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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 Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing.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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539.
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Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539. |
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Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519.
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Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519. |
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Mantua (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Renaissance -- Italy -- Biography.
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Renaissance. |
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Italy. |
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Biographies.
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Nobility -- Italy -- Biography.
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Nobility. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Italy -- History.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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History. |
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Mantua (Italy) -- History.
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Italy -- History -- 1492-1559.
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1492-1559 |
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
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Politics and government. |
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1268-1559 |
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Italy -- History -- 1492-1559 -- Sources.
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Sources.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cockram, Sarah D.P. Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013 9781409448327 |
| ISBN |
9781409448327 (electronic book) |
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1409448320 (electronic book) |
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1299830102 |
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9781299830103 |
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1409448312 (Cloth) |
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9781409448310 (Cloth) |
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