ISBN:
0520072707
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
DDC:
940.1
Keywords:
Courts and courtiers
;
Civilization, Medieval
;
Courts and courtiers in literature
;
Chivalry
;
Knights and knighthood
;
Literature, Medieval History and criticism
;
Humanism
;
Courts and courtiers
;
Civilization, Medieval
;
Courts and courtiers in literature
;
Chivalry
;
Knights and knighthood
;
Literature, Medieval
;
History and criticism
;
Humanism
;
Höfische Kultur
;
Ritter
;
Geschichte 900-1500
Abstract:
On the wall of a dark cell in the Martelet dungeon of Loches where the once powerful duke of Milan, Ludovico il Moro, was a prisoner until his death, the visitor can still see a sensitive graffito, presumably a self-portrait in the garb of a condottiero.[3] We may wonder why this victim of his own ruses would have chosen to see himself as a knight in shining armor at the head of a professional army. In his ambitious career of diplomatic guile there had been no direct exercise of knightly or military arts beyond the memory of his father Francesco Sforza-the only condottiero to rise from humble origins to a dukedom. The self-image that Ludovico was contemplating was only wishful thinking-in line with the well-known equestrian statue Leonardo had projected for him.
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431 - 459) and index
Note:
A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program
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