Selected Letters
by Isabella D’Este
edited by Deanna Shemek
translated by Deanna Shemek
Iter Press, 2017
Paper: 978-0-86698-572-7 | eISBN: 978-0-86698-733-2 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification DG540.8.I7A413 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 945.28106092
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Isabella d’Este (1474–1539), daughter of the Este dukes of Ferrara and wife of Marchese Francesco II Gonzaga of Mantua, co-regent of the Gonzaga state, art collector, musician, diplomat, dynastic mother, traveler, reader, gardener, fashion innovator, and consummate politician, was also, as this volume attests, a prolific letter writer with a highly developed epistolary network. Presented here for the first time in any language is a representative selection from over 16,000 letters sent by Isabella to addressees across a wide social spectrum. Together, they paint a nuanced and colorful portrait of a brilliant and influential female protagonist of early modern European society.
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