Castles in Italy
Subtitle: the medieval life of noble families
By: text by Clemente Manenti ; photographs by Markus Bollen ; with contributions by Margit Bachfischer ... [et al. ; translation from German, Paul Aston ... et al.].
Contributors: Bollen, Marcus.; Bachfischer, Margit.
Publisher: Könemann
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cologne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Castles -- Italy -- History.; Architecture, Medieval -- Italy -- History.; Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.; Italy -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Rome and the Church in the Middle Ages; title: 8 Castel Sant'Angelo. Symbol of papal power; title: 18 Rome in Turmoil; title: 32 The Sack of Rome; title: 36 Expedition to Italy; title: 37 The Death of Pope Alexander VI; title: The Hinterland and the Great Dynasties; title: 41 San Leo. The fortified rock; title: 44 St. Francis of Assisi's Sermon; title: 45 Cagliostro. The Reckless Clairvoyant; title: 48 Poppi. The castle of the Guidi counts; title: 58 I The Secret of Illumination Eberhard Kinig; title: 64 Biblioteca Rilliana; title: 66 The Battle of Anghiari; title: 70 Monteriggioni. The crown of Siena; title: 76 I Military Architecture: Protection and Prestige Jochen Staebel; title: 82 Montalcino. The pride of Siena; title: 86 Monluc's List and the End of the Sienese Republic; title: 90 Lucca. A wall against fear; title: 98 i Life in the 13th Century Chiara Frugoni; title: 110 Vicopisano. Pisa's lookout post; title: 116 Milan. Castello Sforzesco; title: 131 The Death of Charles VIII in Amboise; title: 132 Imola. Caterina Sforza's dowry; title: 142 I Noble Knights, Rabble-rousers and Bankers: a Mixed Society Katrin Boskamp-Priever; title: 148 Ferrara. The castle of the Casa d'Este; title: 156 La Prima Donna del Mondo - Isabella d'Este Katrin Boskamp-Priever; title: 158 Fontanellato. The castle of the Sanvitale; title: 170 I Minnesong and Troubadours - Italian Literature in the Middle Ages Katrin BosKarnp-r, ,.i; title: 174 Gavi. The fortified vineyard; title: 182 Bracciano. Castello Orsini-Odescalchi; title: 190 I Music and Dance in the Lives of the Italian Nobility Margit Bachfischer; title: 196 Trento (Trent). Castello del Buonconsiglio; title: 206 Dosso Dossi Katrin Boskamp-Priever; title: 208 Bernardo Clesio; title: 210 The World in a Single Room Clemente Manenti and Katrin Boskamp-Priever; title: 216 Baron Cristoforo Madruzzo, Prince-Bishop of Trento and Lord of Castel del Buonconsil; title: Hartmut Diekmann; title: The Coastal Region and the Islands; title: 230 Genoa. The fortress in the hills; title: 234 The Women's Crusade; title: 236 Gradara. The castle of the Malatesta; title: 244 X Piety in the Middle Ages Hartmut Diekmann; title: 250 Massa. Malaspina Castle; title: 258 Cagliari. A town within a town; title: 263 Benedetta; title: 266 Barumini. A prehistoric fortress; title: 269 The Discovery of the Nuraghe Su Nuraxi at Barumini Astrid B. Koberstein-Pes; title: 276 I The Castle as a Place of Refuge from the Plague Eberhard Konig; title: 278 Naples. Castel Nuovo; title: 292 The Conclave; title: 296 Palermo. The palace of the Normans; title: 305 Al-Idrisi's silver disc; title: 306 Sperlinga. The castle under a castle; title: 312 "Sola Sperlinga" Negavit: the Sicilian Vespers; title: 316 Castel del Monte. A clock and a calendar; title: 324 Frederick II, the Eagle King.