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dc.contributor.advisor | Beame, E.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lesychyn, Adrianna Lubomyra | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:51:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:51:07Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2011-07-19 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1981-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/5433 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 6456 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2105647 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10383 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>This study focuses on the reigns of Borso and Ercole d'Este who ruled Ferrara consecutively from 1450-1504. During this period Ferrara became one of the leading courts of Italy and a prominent European cultural centre. This was largely the result of the rulers' display of "Magnificence" , a classical concept which gained a new significance in the later fifteenth century. The Este used Magnificence to consolidate their dynasty and to fulfill personal political aspirations. Furthermore, they used it to emphasize class differences; such behaviour indicates the crystallization of an upper-class identity among the ruling elite of Italy. Ercole, in particular, emerges as an example of the self-assured, aristocratic ruler who appeared in the later <em>Quattrocento</em> Italian courts.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | History | en_US |
dc.subject | History | en_US |
dc.title | The Magnificence of Borso and Ercole d'Este: Princes of Ferrara (1450-1505) | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | History | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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