Ippolito II d’Este (1509-1572), cardinal and prince of Ferrara, played a crucial role in shaping the political and cultural connections between Italy and France. Seen by his contemporaries as staunchly ‘French’, his life rather followed a difficult balance between the political and spatial entities – Rome, Paris, and Ferrara – through which he continuously moved and from which he derived his power. Following his career as cardinal protector of the Valois crown, royal administrator of Siena on behalf of Henry II, and papal legate to France on the eve of the Wars of Religion, this book argues that Ippolito’s apparent diplomatic access ultimately weakened his family’s position in Italy and left it ill-equipped to compete in the changing politics of the peninsula.
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Titolo del libro
The Path of Pleasantness
Sottotitolo del libro
Ippolito II d'Este Between Ferrara, France and Rome
Autori
Giulia Vidori
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
206
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-266-9
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-265-2
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-266-9
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-267-6
Collana
Premio Istituto Sangalli per la storia religiosa
ISSN della collana
2704-5749
e-ISSN della collana
2612-8071