Herculean Ferrara
Subtitle: Ercole d'Este, 1471-1505, and the invention of a ducal capital
By: Thomas Tuohy.
Series: Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
Subjects: Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505.; Este family.; Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, 1431-1505.; Art patronage -- Italy -- Ferrara.; Ferrara (Italy) -- History.; Ferrara (Italy) -- Genealogy.; Ferrara (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Sources.; Ferrara (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 508-526) and indexes.
"Published with the assistance of the Istituto di studi rinascimentali, Ferrara."
Based, in part, on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of London, 1982) presented under the title: Studies in domestic expenditure at the Court of Ferrara, 1451-1505, artistic patronage and princely magnificence.