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Creator
Date
[2015]
Location
Connecticut
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xi, 347 pages
Language
English
Size
25 cm
Genre
Commentary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 345110
Folger call number: DS54.63.C38 H87 2015
Folger holdings ID: 495956
Folger call number: DS54.63.C38 H87 2015
Folger holdings ID: 495956
Summary
"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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Contents
Wife, widow, and "Daughter of the Republic" -- Rule in Cyprus, 1473-1489 -- Transistions : Cyprus, Venice, and Asolo -- Lady of Asolo, 1489-1510 -- Caterina Veneta : the end of a life, the birth of a legend -- Myths and memory palaces -- Appendix : Caterina Corner's family tree
General notes
Includes bibliographical references (311-334) and index
Also known as
Extended title: Daughter of Venice : Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and woman of the Renaissance / Holly S. Hurlburt
Subjects
Related names
author: Hurlburt, Holly S.
subject: Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, 1454-1510
subject: Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, 1454-1510