Genevra Sforza and the Bentivoglio : : Family, Politics, Gender and Reputation in (and beyond) Renaissance Bologna / / Elizabeth Bernhardt.
Genevra Sforza (ca. 1441–1507) lived her long life near the apex of Italian Renaissance society as wife of two successive de facto rulers of Bologna: Sante then Giovanni II Bentivoglio. Placed twice there without a dowry by Duke Francesco Sforza as part of a larger Milanese plan, Genevra served her...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations, Tables, Figures, and Documents
- Abbreviations of Archives and Libraries
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Genevra Sforza de’ Bentivoglio (ca. 1441–1507) : Lost and Found in Renaissance Italy
- 2. Twice Bentivoglio: Genevra Sforza on the Marriage Market (1446–1454 and 1463–1464)
- 3. Genevra Sforza and Bentivoglio Family Strategies: Creating and Extending Kinship on a Massive Scale
- 4. Genevra Sforza in Her Own Words: Patron and Client Relationships from Her Correspondence
- 5. The Wheel of Fortune: Genevra Sforza and the Fall of the Bentivoglio (1506–1507)
- 6. Making and Dispelling Fake History: Genevra Sforza and Her ‘Black Legends’ (1506–present)
- Conclusions
- Index