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	Mantua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mantua (in Italian Mantova, in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo language Mantoa) is an important city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name.
		Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes formed by the water of river Mincio descending from the Lake of Garda: these are called Lago Superiore, di Mezzo and Inferiore ("Superior", "Middle" and "Inferior" Lakes).
		In 1866, Mantua was incorporated in a united Italy by the king of Sardinia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantua (1376 words)

	Mantua - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mantua was invaded (after the decay of the Roman Empire) by Goths, Byzantines, Longobards and Franks, and then it became a possession of Canossa, whose last ruler was the famous countess Matilde of Canossa (d.
		In the Middle Ages, Mantua was ruled by several families which became extremely important in the history and culture of Italy, among which the Bonacolsi and the Corradi di Gonzaga (or, briefly, Gonzaga; 1328-1708).
		Austria conquered Mantua after the fall of the Gonzaga (of this period are the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts and the Scientific Theatre), then the town passed under Napoleon's domain, and was later incorporated in a united Italy by the king of Sardinia.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Mantua (488 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mantua
		In the eleventh century Mantua was under the Counts of Canossa, and became involved in the wars between the popes and the empire; in 1091 Henry IV took possession of the city, after a siege of seven months.
		In 1735, Carlo Emanuele of Savoy besieged Mantua unsuccessfully.
		A synod was held at Mantua in 827, to settle a controversy between the metropolitan bishops of Aquileia and of Grado, one in 1053 for disciplinary reform, another in 1064, in relation to the controversy between Alexander II and the antipope Honorius II.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09611b.htm (1353 words)

	MONTFERRAT. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With the extinction of the Paleologo line, Emperor Charles V gave (1536) Montferrat to the Gonzaga family of Mantua, despite the claims of the house of Savoy.
		The Treaty of Cherasco (1631) assigned parts of Montferrat to the house of Savoy, and the rest (including Casale) followed the fortunes of the duchy of Mantua and passed to the Nevers (French) branch of the Gonzaga family.
		All of Montferrat was recognized by the Peace of Utrecht (1713) as belonging to the house of Savoy.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/mo/Montferr.html (165 words)

	Duchy of Mantua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Duchy of Mantua was an Italian state that was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708.
		In 1708, Mantua was seized by the Habsburgs, ending Gonzaga rule.
		"The House of Gonzaga, heirs to the sovereign marquessate of Mantua"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duchy_of_Mantua (324 words)

	Mantua Did You Mean mantua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mantua (in Italian "Mantova") is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name.
		After the death of Matilde of Canossa, Mantua became a Free City, and strenuously defended its freedom against the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th and 13th centuries.
		The Gonzaga were appointed Marquis of Mantua by Emperor Sigismund, and Dukes of Mantua by Emperor Charles V.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Mantua.html (549 words)

	Mantua Trains
		It was formed from portions of Mantua Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve.
		Mantua is a bedroom community serving as a suburb to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
		Mantua is the English form of the name of the city in Italy whose Italian name is Mantova.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/132/mantua-trains.html (1363 words)

	FETTY: Fetty History 1292, Fetty Blazon of Arms, Fetty Europe, Fetty America, Fetty Canada
		Fetti left Mantua hurriedly in 1622 and settled in Venice, a city he had first visited in 1621 in order to buy art for his patron and employer, the duke of Mantua.
		A cadet line, established in France, had succeeded, by marriage, to the duchies of Nevers or Nivernais and Rethel and in 1627 began to claim the succession to Mantua and Montferrat, which were strategically located on the Lombard plain near the Alpine passes.
		After the restoration (1814) of the duchy of Modena their son and grandson, Francis IV and Francis V, ruled as dukes of Modena, Massa, and Carrara.
	www.fettywww.com /fetty_france_italy-1.html (3450 words)

	Trips 2 Italy \| Travel guide and Information about History of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy Italy \| Plan ...
		Mantua was famous during Roman times as the birthplace of the epic poet Virgil, who was born around 70 BC.
		In 1630, the Gonzaga’s claim to the Duchy of Monferrato, which the Gonzaga’s had acquired via marriage a century earlier, conflicted with that of the Imperial Habsburgs.
		It was allowed some measure of independence in the sense that it was the Duchy of Mantua, distinct from the Duchy of Lombardy based in Milan that governed much of the region.
	www.trips2italy.com /History_of-Mantua (432 words)

	Italy
		Mantua (Mantova) was a city and small domain in the Po Valley, wedged in between Venice, Modena, and Milan.
		The Duchy of Florence was upgraded to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1569, and Cosimo's line continued until 1737.
		The Duchy of Parma was detached by the Emperor Charles V from Milan to be added to the Papal States, but Pope Paul III (1534-1549), Paolo Farnese, used it for his illegitimate son, Pier Luigi, instead.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10172 words)

	Italy - Ducal Mantua
		At the end of these wars Mantua received a lord, by appointment of the Emperor, and the first lord's son married the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine, from which union was born the great Countess Matilda.
		An altogether pleasanter incident of Boniface's domination was the miraculous discovery of the sacred relics, buried and lest during the sack of Mantua by the Hungarians.
		Mantua was thus subjected to the Emperors, but liberty had long been extinguished ; and the voluntary election of the Council, which bestowed the captaincy on each succeeding generation of the Gon ragas, was a mere matter of form, and of course.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles28/italy-24.shtml (14899 words)

	Gonzaga Family - Culture & Anthropology
		Mantua, known to Italians as Mantova, is a city in the Lombardy region of Italy and a capital also of a province that goes by the same name.
		Mantua was first an Etruscan settlement and then became a Roman town, finally came to prosper under the Gonzagas who were among the many reputed families that ruled Mantua in the Middle Ages.
		As a result the court of Mantua attained a golden period of governance as a center for learning and arts under the care of Isabella and Francesco.
	www.ultimateitaly.com /peoples/gonzaga-family.html (1018 words)

	Mantua - IBWiki
		Mantua emerged from the fiefs of longobard nobles in the 7th Century, and was made capital of the southern marches of the Holy Roman Empire by Charlemagne.
		Governed by the Güelph family since then it became a duchy (officially in 1096).
		With the application of the Salic Law throughout the Empire, Mantua seceded.
	ib.frath.net /w/Mantua (205 words)

	Alibris: Mantua
		Isabella D'Este, the Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) was one of the dazzling figures of the Italian Renaissance, playing the Renaissance game with an expertise that outflanked Popes and Emperors, using her brains, her charm, and her unswerving purpose to psych her opponents.
		The Gonzaga of Mantua and Pisanello's Arthurian Frescoes
		It is 1433, and the ten-year-old Barbara von Brandenburg leaves her native Germany to marry the Prince of Mantua, Ludovico Gonzaga.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Mantua (684 words)

	::: Stair Sainty Gallery ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His teacher is unknown, although Vasari's states that it was Lorenzo Costa despite the fact that it is hard to see Costa's influence in his work.
		It is possible that Dosso briefly came into contact with Costa when the latter became court artist in Mantua c.1506.
		Dosso is first recorded working for Francesco II Gonzaga in Mantua in 1512 when he was paid for a large picture for the Palace of San Sebastiano.
	www.europeanpaintings.com /html/bio.asp?numcol=185 (117 words)

	Gonzaga
		The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708.
		In 1433 Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the title of Marquis[?] of Mantua and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua.
		In 1531 the family acquired the Duchy of Monferrato through marriage.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/Gonzaga.html (222 words)

	Bed and Breakfast in Mantua, Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mantua was founded by the Etruscans, the town becoming a Gaelic and then Roman settlement.
		Virgil, the great Latin poet, was born in Mantua in the Roman period.
		The cuisine of Mantua mixes together influences from Emilia and Lombardy, and adds some very original touches of its own: pumpkin tortelli and alla Stefani chicken are put together with traditional meat ravioli called agnoli, rice dishes, and luccio in salsa.
	www.knowital.com /lombardy/mantua/bbdelmincio/bandb3.html (177 words)

	A Parallel History of France and England Consisting of Outlines and Dates.
		The succession to the duchy of Brittany was disputed between the houses of Blois and Montfort.
		The Dame de Beaujeu resolved to seize the duchy, either as a male fief, or by marrying her brother to Anne, the eldest daughter.
		In 1491, Nantes was taken, and Anne of Brittany consented to marry the king, thus uniting her duchy with the crown; while her engagement with Maximilian was broken, as well as that of Charles to his daughter.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/yonge/history/history.html (18587 words)

	Memoirs of a Cavalier - A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. - From the Year 1632 to the ...
		The taking of Mantua elevated the spirits of the Duke of Savoy, and the Germans and Spaniards being now at more leisure, with a complete army came to his assistance, and formed the siege of Montferrat.
		They had seized Montferrat, and held it for the Duke of Mantua, and had a strong French garrison under Thoiras, a brave and experienced commander; and thus affairs stood when we came into the French army.
		I had no business there as a soldier, but having passed as a Scotch gentleman with the mob at Lyons, and after with her Majesty the queen-mother, when we obtained the guard of her dragoons, we had also her Majesty’s pass, with which we came and went where we pleased.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/12259/19.html (342 words)

	Salamone Rossi Hebreo
		In the relatively small area between Rome and Milan, and between Genoa and Venice, there was, from the 14th through the 16th century, an efflorescence of genius, of vitality and of versatility, coupled with a universality of aesthetic expression such as the world has perhaps never known at any other time.
		The court of Mantua was, par excellence, the seat of royal luxury and artistic magnificence.
		The citizens of Mantua were all aware of the Università's unusual schedule: on Fridays performances would be held in the afternoon rather than in the evening, so as not to interfere with the festa del sabbato.
	www.zamir.org /composers/rossi/rossi2.html (2212 words)

	Appendix A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mantua is laying siege to the city in revenge for Norandino’s death.
		Mantua says that he thought Norandino was dead, and Norandino says that he was almost dead, but that God saved him.
		Mantua is shocked, but he approves of the actions.
	www.gc.maricopa.edu /laberinto/fall1997/appendixA.htm (1404 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		The new republic included the former duchies of Milan, Parma, and Modena, the legations of Bologna and Ferrara, and the Romagna.
		By the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797), Austria recognized the republic, to which were added the Venetian territories W of the Adige (including Bergamo and Brescia), the duchy of Mantua, and the formerly Swiss Valtellina.
		The republic was in fact subject to France, and its constitution was based on the French model.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Cisalpin (169 words)

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		At the same time the famous Jesuit diplomat, Pyre Joseph, was sent by Richelieu to the diet of Regensburg, and succeeded in altering the policy of the emperor.
		quired the duchy of Mantua and France retained the important fortress of Pignerol on the eastern side of the Alps (Treaty of Cherasco, 1631).
		In 1635 he concluded a treaty with the Dutch Republic for the partition of the Spanish Netherlands; with the Swiss and the dukes of Parma and Mantua, for the partition of the Mila nais, which Spain possessed.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc10/htm-old/0048=30.htm (974 words)

	The Medici Archive Project: Jewish History, Religion and Culture
		The bearer of the present document, the Jew Simone Basileo from Mantua, has demonstrated his talent and his diligence to us while performing some plays.
		Simone Basileo (more often Basilea) was a Jewish actor based in Mantua and is already known from Mantuan archival sources (see Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, 665ff and s.v.
		In Mantua, Basilea's acting talent was so valued that he was granted a permanent exemption from wearing the "segno" or Jewish badge.
	www.medici.org /jewish/jdoc4.htm (348 words)

	Peter 'Gonsalvo' Anderson's Wargaming Page \| The Flickering Flame: The Battle of the Bolla
		After considering the various possibilities, it seemed that an invasion of the nominally neutral Duchy of Mantua from Ventian territory in Verona, accompanied by a large bribe to certain noble factions in that land, held the best chance for success, both military and monetary.
		Just move across the border into the Duchy of Mantua, overawe the populace, bribe the Duke, and the Duchy will be a fine addition to the Serene Republic.
		The Duke of Mantua, the threat of the Milanese army having been removed, and observing the heavy losses suffered by his army, was proving very difficult about not receiving the gifts the Dodge had promised.
	www.gonsalvo.com /reports/bolla.html (5218 words)

	History of Art: The High Renaissance, Mannerism - Lorenzo Costa
		Painter of the school of Ferrara-Bologna, notable as one of the first Ferrarese artists to adopt a soft, atmospheric style of painting.
		In 1506, soon after the expulsion of the ruling Bentivoglio family from Bologna, he was summoned as court painter to Mantua to succeed Andrea Mantegna.
		He had already painted (1504–06) one elaborate allegory for the Marchesa of Mantua.
	www.all-art.org /early_renaissance/costa1.html (200 words)

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