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  1. Daughter of Venice
    Caterina Corner : Queen of Cyprus and woman of the Renaissance
    Erschienen: [2015]; © 2015
    Verlag:  Yale University Press, New Haven

    "Caterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those of the Venetian republic... mehr

    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
    A 2016/6382
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2015 A 11540
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
    66.2656
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe

     

    "Caterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those of the Venetian republic anxious to extend its empire. In the first year of her reign, pregnant and widowed, she became regent for the kingdom. This study considers for the first time the strategies of her reign, negotiating Venetian encroachment, family pressures, and the challenges of female rule. Using previously understudied sources, such as her correspondence with Venetian magistracies, the book shows how Corner marshalled her royal authority until and beyond her forced abdication in 1489. The unique perspective of Corner's life reveals new insights into Renaissance imperialism, politics, familial ambition, and conventions of ideal womanhood as revealed in the portraits, poetry, and orations dedicated to her"--

     

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    Quelle: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780300209723; 030020972X
    Weitere Identifier:
    9780300209723
    Schlagworte: Queens; Women; Monarchy; Nobility; Renaissance; Queens; Women; Monarchy; Nobility; Renaissance; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; HISTORY / Renaissance; HISTORY / Medieval; HISTORY / Europe / Italy; Kings and rulers; Monarchy; Nobility; Queens; Renaissance; Women
    Weitere Schlagworte: Caterina Cornaro Queen of Cyprus (1454-1510); Caterina Cornaro 1454-1510
    Umfang: xi, 347 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten, 25 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-334) and index