Politics, pedagogy, and praise: Three literary texts dedicated to Eleonora d’Aragona, Duchess of Ferrara

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O'Leary, Jessica. (2016). Politics, pedagogy, and praise: Three literary texts dedicated to Eleonora d’Aragona, Duchess of Ferrara. I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance. 19(2), pp. 285 - 307. https://doi.org/10.1086/688439
AuthorsO'Leary, Jessica
Keywords[Extract] In the summer of 1479; Eleonora d’Aragona was in her second term as regent after the outbreak of the Pazzi War; a conflict between Florence and the papacy that had erupted a year earlier and would drag on to 1480. The duchess of Ferrara was feverishly engaged with the business of ruling while her husband; Ercole d’Este; defended Tuscany from papal forces.1 While the couple was in frequent contact and the duke’s vast retinue of staff undoubtedly bore much of the burden for executing the administrative tasks required of a fifteenth-century chancery; Eleonora was the target of incoming and outgoing requests; orders; and mandates that required her vigilant supervision of the various divisions of the court.2 The demands on the duchess’s time were gruffly noted by the Mantuan ambassador in Ferrara; Beltramino Cusadri. In a letter to the marchioness of Mantua; Margherita Wittelsbach of Bavaria; another wartime regent; Cusadri conveyed his frustration at being made to wait for an audience with her Ferrarese counterpart:
Year2016
JournalI Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance
Journal citation19 (2), pp. 285 - 307
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISSN0393-5949
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1086/688439
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84992047533
Page range285 - 307
Research GroupInstitute for Humanities and Social Sciences
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