Farnese: Pomp, Power and Politics in Renaissance Italy

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L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2007 - Art - 245 pages
 

Contents

II
7
THE HISTORY OF THE FARNESE FAMILY UNTIL 1534
23
THE FARNESE FAMILY IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
47
The Establishment of the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza
54
Pierluigi in Action
60
Ottavio in Action
66
THE MANIFESTATION AND MAGNIFICENZA OF
73
THE DUCHIES OF PARMA AND PIACENZA
113
STATE AND DUCAL MAGNIFICENZA 15581630 PALACE
131
THE FARNESES AND THE OTHER ITALIAN PRINCELY
187
SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSION
197
THE FARNESE DYNASTY AFTER 1630
203
NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS
215
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