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Vendetta : high art and low cunning at the birth of the Renaissance / Hugh Bicheno.
Author
Bicheno, Hugh
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
Description
xxv, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
DG537 .B53 2008
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Subject(s)
Condottieri
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Biography
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Renaissance
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Italy
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Renaissance
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Italy
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Biography
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Mercenary troops
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Italy
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History
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15th century
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Italy
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History, Military
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1268-1559
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Italy
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History
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15th century
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Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino 1422-1482
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Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo signore di Rimini 1417-1468
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Getty AAT genre
collective biographies
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Summary note
Federico da Montefeltro was the archetypal Renaissance prince: brave soldier, wise ruler, and patron of the arts. His lifelong rival, Sigismondo Pandolfo, was the foremost field commander of his day and described himself as "more wild beast than man." Yet he was also an extravagantly romantic lover and a magnificent artistic patron. Locked in the endgame of the centuries-old feud between their clans, Federico and Sigismondo epitomised the spirit of the condottieri--the entrepreneurs who added a military dimension to the explosion of new ideas at the heart of the Renaissance. This is a story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary cast of characters who fought, poisoned, betrayed and cheated their way into an enduring legacy.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and index.
Contents
Montefeltro Clan
Malatesta Clan
1. Birth of the Vendetta
2. Chaos
3. Dogs of War
4. Apocalypse Then
5. White Rider
6. Creativity
7. Anarchy
8. Golden Age
9. Lull Before the Storm
10. Bastards
11. San Romano
12. Sigismondo
13. Federico
14. Treachery
15. Isotta and the Tempio
16. Watershed
17. Endgame
18. Strange Crusade
19. Epitaph
Coda: Touring the Borderlands
App. A. Popes, Emperors and Rulers in Italy 1050-1500
App. B. Montefeltro Clan
App. C. Malatesta Clan
App. D. Other Clans
App. E. Correspondence intercepted by the Sienese.
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ISBN
9780297846345 ((hbk.))
0297846345 ((hbk.))
9780753825723 ((pbk.))
0753825724 ((pbk.))
OCLC
176821038
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