Renaissance Masculinities, Diplomacy, and Cultural Transfer: Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga in Italy and Beyond

Jessica O'Leary

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2024

Renaissance Masculinities, Diplomacy, and Cultural Transfer

Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga in Italy and Beyond

Jessica O'Leary

Volume 11 in the series Renaissance History, Art and Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048558889

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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 codes and rituals central to sixteenth-century political life. As adults, they applied these lessons in their political and martial collaborations with Charles V: supporting his dominions in Italy, facilitating his attempted colonisation of northern Africa, and praising his attacks on Muslim pirates in the Italian Mediterranean. This book uses epistolary, literary, and material sources to argue that the boyhood and adult experiences of Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga are illustrative of wider strategies adopted by elite Italians to respond to conflict and crisis in a global age.

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O'Leary Jessica :

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
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Maps and Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
1. Crisis Diplomacies in the Italian Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2. Warring Masculinities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. Imperial Masculinities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
4. Diplomacy of Magnificence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
5. Imperial Networks and Loyalties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
6. Interpretations of Renaissance Masculinities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 246
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
Keywords: Italian Wars; Gonzaga; Mantua; Spanish Italy; Masculinities

eBook

Published: April 9, 2024
ISBN: 9789048558889