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Daughter of Venice
- Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and Woman of the Renaissance
Engelsk Hardback
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Daughter of Venice
- Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and Woman of the Renaissance
Engelsk Hardback

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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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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
360
ISBN-13:
9780300209723
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
030020972X
Udg. Dato:
26 sep 2015
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
252mm
Højde:
180mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
26 sep 2015
Forfatter(e):
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