A Renaissance Marriage: The Political and Personal Alliance of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, 1490-1519

by Carolyn James

The marriage of Isabella d'Este, one of the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance, and Francesco Gonzaga, ruler of the small northern Italian principality of Mantua (r.1484-1519) offers a fascinating portrait of political marriage in the early modern period. A Renaissance Marriage shows an aristocratic couple who, within several years of their wedding, had to deal with the political challenges posed by the first decades of the Italian Wars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019968121X
• ISBN13: 9780199681211
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"