Medici women : the making of a dynasty in grand ducal Tuscany / edited by Giovanna Benadusi and Judith C. Brown ; Italian essays translated by Monica Chojnacka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Judith C., editor.

Benadusi, Giovanna, editor.

Chojnacka, Monica, translator.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, issuing body.

Series:

Essays and studies (Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies) ; 36.

Essays and studies ; 36

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of.

Nobility--Italy--Tuscany--Biography.

Nobility.

Women--Italy--Tuscany--Biography.

Women.

Tuscany (Italy)--History--1434-1737.

Tuscany (Italy).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction / Judith C. Brown

Eleonora di Toledo, regency, and state formation in Tuscany / Natalie Tomas

Isabella de' Medici : unraveling the legend / Elisabetta Mori

Joanna of Austria and the negotiation of power and identity at the Florentine court / Sarah Bercusson

Christine of Lorraine and medicine at the Medici court / Sheila Barker

Foreign mothers and the international education of Medici children : Christine of Lorraine and Maria Maddalena of Austria at the Medici court / Maria Pia Paoli

Margherita de' Medici Farnese : a Medici princess at the Farnese court / Adelina Modesti

The gender politics of Vittoria della Rovere / Giovanna Benadusi

Connected courts : Violante Beatrice of Bavaria in Florence and Siena / Giulia Calvi

Anna Maria Luisa, electress palatine : last art patron and collector of the Medici dynasty / Stefano Casciu

Between dynastic strategies and civic myth : Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici and Florence as the new Athens / Marcello Verga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Tomas, Natalie. Eleonora di Toledo, regency, and state formation in Tuscany.

ISBN:

0-7727-2179-3

9780772721792