Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga: Power Sharing at the Italian Renaissance Court

By Sarah D.P. Cockram

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 Drawing on largely unpublished archival material, she illuminates tactics of collaboration and double-dealing.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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409448312
• ISBN13: 9781409448310
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"