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Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua
Renaissance Tapestry The Gonzaga of Mantua Author:Kate Simon A sketch of the north Italian city of Mantua during the Renaissance by a superb author of travel books. Though small, Mantua played a crucial role in the tortuously complicated Renaissance politics. Focus is on the calculating Gonzaga family whose political astuteness, tangled network of marriage alliances, etc., kept it in power from 1329 to 16... more »29. Simon interweaves condottiere, humanists, artists, and musicians, giving capsule biographies of famous figures.« less