A Renaissance Tapestry (Magill’s Literary Annual 1989)
At a glance:
- Author: Kaila Grobsmith
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Historical biography and social history
- Time of Work: The thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries
- Setting: Mantua
- Principal Characters: Luigi Gonzaga, Gianfrancesco “Francesco” Gonzaga, Paola Malatesta, Ludovico Gonzaga, Barbara of Brandenburg, Francesco Gonzaga, Isabella D’Este, Federico Gonzaga, Margherita Paleogo of Monferrato, Ercole Gonzaga, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Eleanora De’Medici
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: History, Politics, Seventeenth century, Fifteenth century, Military life or service, Sixteenth century, Italy or Italians, Thirteenth century, Fourteenth century, Military art or science
- Locales: Mantua, Italy
The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Their rise to power in Mantua and their reputation as warriors, diplomats, patrons, and indulgers has been chronicled by Kate Simon. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua is a rich feast of Renaissance princes, painters, poxes, and passions. Between each course of Gonzaga family history, Simon serves up dollops of cultural background, which she entitles “Interludes.” The result is perhaps less a formal banquet than a smorgasbord of Renaissance history—but it is nevertheless...
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