Genevra Sforza and the Bentivoglio
Family, Politics, Gender and Reputation in (and beyond) Renaissance Bologna
Series: Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 1 December 2025
- ISBN 9781041180166
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages344 pages
- Size 246x174 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
Genevra Sforza (ca. 1441-1507) lived her long life near the apex of Italian Renaissance society as wife of two successive de facto rulers of Bologna: Sante Bentivoglio then Giovanni II Bentivoglio. Based on contemporary archival research conducted across Italy, this biography presents Genevra as the object of academic study for the first time.
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Genevra Sforza (ca. 1441-1507) lived her long life near the apex of Italian Renaissance society as wife of two successive de facto rulers of Bologna: Sante Bentivoglio then Giovanni II Bentivoglio. Placed there twice without a dowry by Duke Francesco Sforza as part of a larger Milanese plan, Genevra served the Bentivoglio by fulfilling the gendered role demanded of her by society, most notably by contributing eighteen children, accepting many illegitimates born to Giovanni II, and helping arrange their futures for the success of the family at large. Based on contemporary archival research conducted across Italy, this biography presents Genevra as the object of academic study for the first time. The book also explores how Genevra’s life-story, filled with a multitude of successes appropriate for an elite fifteenth-century female, has been transformed into a farraginous body of misogynistic legends claiming she destroyed the Bentivoglio and the city of Bologna.
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Illustrations, Tables, Figures And Documents, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements & Dedication, Introduction, Chapter One - Genevra Sforza de' Bentivoglio (ca. 1441-1507): Lost and Found in Renaissance Italy, Chapter Two - Twice Bentivoglio: Genevra Sforza On The Marriage Market (1446-1454 and 1463-1464), Chapter Three - Genevra Sforza And Bentivoglio Family Strategies: Creating And Extending Kinship On A Massive Scale, Chapter Four - Genevra Sforza In Her Own Words: Patron And Client Relationships From Her Correspondence, Chapter Five - The Wheel Of Fortune: Genevra Sforza And The Fall Of The Bentivoglio (1506-1507), Chapter Six - Making and Dispelling Fake History: Genevra Sforza And Her 'Black Legends' (1506-present), Conclusions
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