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Gabriele Malaspina, marchese di Fosdinovo : condotte, politica e diplomazia nella Lunigiana del Rinascimento / Patrizia Meli ; presentazione di Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Meli, Patrizia, 1971- author.
Series:
Scuole Di Dottorato Series
Scuole di dottorato Gabriele Malaspina marchese di Fosdinovo ; 34
Language:
Italian
Subjects (All):
Malaspina, Gabriele, marchese di Fosdinovo, 1435 or 1438-1508.
Malaspina, Gabriele.
Nobility--Italy--Lunigiana--Biography.
Nobility.
Lunigiana (Italy)--History.
Lunigiana (Italy).
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2008.
Language Note:
Italian
System Details:
text file
Summary:
This book focuses on one of the prime movers in the unification of Lunigiana – a region which at the time was still broken up into a myriad of tiny feudal holdings, almost all in the hands of the various branches of the Malaspina family. The process of unification began in the fifteenth century, when various areas of the region were conquered by Milan and Florence, which also divided between them the hegemony of the remaining independent territories, while Genoa too displayed an interest in expansion in the region. As a result it became crucial for the local lords to manoeuvre between the various forces at play to maintain the independence of their own little states. Among the figures who displayed the greatest dexterity in this was Gabriele Malaspina, who became a leading player on the stage of local history. The book starts by illustrating the period in which Malaspina succeeded in obtaining his political independence, and then goes on to analyse the phase in which his policy came to be characterised by an absolute loyalty to Florence. Finally the book addresses the last part of the Marquis's life, marked by a progressive distancing from the Florentine alliance in favour of other entities, in which he nevertheless always succeeded in maintaining his independence.
Al centro di questo volume è uno degli attori principali nel processo di riunificazione della Lunigiana – regione allora suddivisa in tante piccole signorie, quasi tutte nelle mani dei vari rami della famiglia Malaspina – che avvenne nel XV secolo, quando Milano e Firenze vi conquistarono diversi territori e si spartirono l'egemonia sui restanti territori autonomi, mentre anche Genova si mostrò interessata all'espansione in quella zona. Per i signori locali divenne quindi fondamentale riuscire a destreggiarsi fra le varie forze in gioco per mantenere l'indipendenza del proprio piccolo stato, e fra i personaggi che più risaltano per questa loro abilità e per il ruolo giocato nella storia locale spicca Gabriele Malaspina. Il libro inizia mostrando la situazione della Lunigiana al momento in cui il Malaspina ottenne la propria indipendenza politica, per poi analizzare il periodo in cui la politica marchionale si caratterizzò per la sua assoluta fedeltà all'amicizia fiorentina, e quindi la parte finale della vita del marchese, in cui si assiste a un progressivo allontanamento dall'alleanza fiorentina in favore di altri soggetti, ma in cui riuscì sempre a mantenere la sua indipendenza.
Notes:
G. Malaspina (15. cent.), marchese.
Fosdinovo, near Massa-Carrara (Tuscany); Lunigiana, area of Tuscany.
Includes bibliographical references.
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode
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ISBN:
9788884538604 (ebook)
OCLC:
1030814209
Publisher Number:
10.26530/OAPEN_344615
Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access

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