1st Edition
Renaissance Masculinities, Diplomacy, and Cultural Transfer Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga in Italy and Beyond
By Jessica O'Leary
Copyright 2024
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga came of age during a time of intense change in sixteenth-century Italy: The Italian Wars (1494–1559). The first and third-born sons of Isabella d’Este and Francesco Gonzaga spent their formative years at the courts of Francis I of France and Charles V of Spain, where, as effectively diplomatic hostages, they learned valuable lessons about the transnational social... Read more
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, List of Maps and Figures,Introduction, Chapter One, Crisis Diplomacies in the Italian Wars, Chapter Two, Warring Masculinities, Chapter Three, Imperial Masculinities, Chapter Four, Diplomacy of Magnificence, Chapter Five, Imperial Networks and Loyalties, Chapter Six, Interpretations of Renaissance Masculinities, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Jessica O’Leary is a Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University. She is a gender and cultural historian of the early modern period, interested in global history and connections between people around the world.
