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Building Family
Mihai-D. Grigore

Identity
Neagoe Basarab – Princeps
Christianus
The Orsini Castle of Bracciano
from Fiefdom to Duchy (1470–1698)
The Semantics of Christianitas in
Comparison with Erasmus, Luther and
Machiavelli (1513–1523)
Oxford, 2019. XXVI, 554 pp., 134 fig. col., 59 fig. b/w
Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Vol. 5
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The Orsini of Bracciano were among the most Condottiero: Bracciano in the System of the Ital-
powerful and influential signori di castelli of early ian States in the Age of Gentil Virginio Orsini •
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artistic patronage
Teachings of Neagoe ofBasarab
its leaders, who
to His Sonincluded
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Theology at The
theCelebration
Universityof of Gentil Virginio
Bucharest,
tains, condottieri,
(1520), cardinalsChristiani
Institutio Principis and urbanof aristocrats.
Erasmus Orsini and the
specialising Pastimes of
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theology Women • Part
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Martin Lutherof(1523)
courtlyandculture
The Princeand diplomacy,
of Niccolò Castlethe
from of Bracciano
Friedrich in the Cinquecento
Alexander University• Elis-
of
hosting princes,
Machiavelli kings
(1513). Theand popes.
author thusToday it boasts
provides a abetta Mori:
Erlangen andIsabella de’ Medici
Nuremberg, and Vittoria
Germany, withAc-a
many beautifully preserved artworks
cross-section of the history of Christian of the Re- coramboni: The
dissertation History and
on historical Legend of the
anthropology Two
about
naissance era, including frescos by Antoniazzo Wives of the Duke of Bracciano • Maria Giulia
discourse concerning the concept of ‘Princeps honour in medieval West-Frankish society,
Romano and the Zuccari brothers. The contribu- Aurigemma: Palatium sive forticium: Six-
Christianus’ in Europe. These works are based on a case study of the Peace of God in
tors to this study investigate the castle as a visual teenth-century Architecture of the Palazzo-Cas-
representative because they show relevant the tenth and eleventh centuries. He was then
expression of the family identity of its builders. tello of Bracciano • Claudia Daniotti: Stories of
confessional interpretations in Orthodoxy, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Weber
They trace its evolution from the fortified capital Valour and Love for a Wedding: The Sala di Ales-
Catholicism and Lutheranism.
of a large fiefdom at the dawn ofThe themain
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Bracciano Paolo Aleigroup ‘World Bartlett-Raw-
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Bracciano: TheIn 2012, heofwas
Frescoes theStanley S. Seeger
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contemporaries
neglected facet ofon such
early topicsItalian
modern as humanity,
culture: Studies at Princeton
Paolo Giordano OrsiniUniversity.
• Barbara Furlotti: Living
religion,
the artisticpolitics,
patronage state, subjects, clans.
of seigniorial rulers and between Rome and Bracciano: Art, Cultural In-
freedom. terests and Social Behaviour at the Orsini Court ani and the Remaking of Bracciano • Eleonora
CONTENTS: Part I: Arma et Litterae: The Castle in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries • Chinappi: The Orsini Portraits in the Castle of
of Bracciano in the Quattrocento • Paolo Alei: Part III: Beyond the Castle Walls: The Orsini of Bracciano • Eric Nicholson: Sweet Roman Hands
Building with Magnificenza: The Orsini Castle Bracciano in the Seicento • Guendalina Ajello and Actors: The Orsini as Theatrical Performers
of Bracciano • Stefania Camilli: The State of the Mahler: Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Orazio Torri- in Early Seventeenth-century English Drama

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