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  Mantua
In the wars of the Lombard cities against Frederick Barbarossa, Mantua was at first on the side of the empire, led by Bishop Garsendonio, who in consequence was driven from the city and deposed by Alexander III, after which (1161) Mantua formed part of the Lombard League.
Francesco Gonzaga (1484-1519) was a captain of the league against Charles VIII (1495), and commanded at the battle of Fornovo.
Federigo II (1519-1540) was made Duke of Mantua by Charles V, and received the Marquessate of Casale Monferrato.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/mantua.html   (1285 words)

  
 Il Tintoretto
Among the historic paintings may be mentioned: "The legates of the Pope and the Doge at Pavia before Frederick Barbarossa"; the "Defence of Brescia in 1483"; the "Capture of Gallipoli in 1484"; "Venice, Queen of the Sea".
In 1560 the Confraternity of San Rocco near the church of that name opened a contest for the decoration of a central ceiling whereon the "Glorification of San Rocco" was to be depicted.
Tintoretto had formidable competitors: Paolo Veronese, Giuseppe Salviati, Federigo Zuccaro.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/tintoretto,il.html   (1017 words)

  
 Bobbio Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1153 Frederick Barbarossa confirmed by two charters various rights and possessions.
Many of the books have been lost, the rest have long since been dispersed and are still reckoned among the chief treasures of the later collections which possess them.
In 1616 Cardinal Federigo Borromeo took for the Ambrosian Library of Milan eighty-six volumes, including the famous "Bobbio Missal", written about 911, the Antiphonary of Bangor, and the palimpsests of Ulfilas' Gothic version of the Bible.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobbio_Abbey   (1171 words)

  
 THE ITALIAN CITY-STATES OF THE RENAISSANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Because of its resistance to the claims of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, it was destroyed in 1162.
Urbino, ruled by the Montefeltro family, was the birthplace of Raphael and the scene of the conversations that form the basis of Castiglione's Courtier.
Federigo, the most outstanding member of the ruling family (1444-82), is familiar to us from many Renaissance portraits, including that by Piero della Francesca.
vlib.iue.it /carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/03.html   (11628 words)

  
 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Book 6 Chapter 08
Upon an oligarchical or a democratic basis, despots and soldiers of fortune secured control of their Italian states by force of innate ability.
Federigo, a pupil of Vittorino da Feltre, was a scholar and an admirer of patristic as well as classical learning.
He also cultivated a taste for music, painting and architecture, employed 30 and 40 copyists at a time, and founded, at an expense of 40,000 ducats, a library which, in 1657, was incorporated in the Vatican.
www.godrules.net /library/history/history6ch08.htm   (11623 words)

  
 Emperor Frederick
It may be interesting to tell a little of this intelligent and cynical man. He was the son of the German Emperor, Henry VI, and grandson of Frederick Barbarossa, and his mother was the daughter of Roger I, the Norman King of Sicily.
He inherited this kingdom in 1198, when he was four years old; his mother was his guardian for six months, and when she died, Pope Innocent III (1198 to 1216) became regent and guardian.
In spite of the torment of abuse and calumny in which Frederick was drenched, he left a profound impression upon the popular imagination.
www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/history-line-12.shtml   (1044 words)

  
 The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt : Arthur's Classic Novels
When Pius II was on his way to the Congress of Mantua (1459), eight bastards of the house of Este rode to meet him at Ferrara, among them the reigning duke Borso himself and two illegitimate sons of his illegitimate brother and predecessor Lionello.
When Roberto Malatesta and Federigo of Urbino died on the same day (1482), the one at Rome, the other at Bologna, it was found that each had recommended his State to the care of the other.
In the great Federigo (1444-1482), whether he were a genuine Montefeltro or not, Urbino possessed a brilliant representative of the princely order.
www.arthurwendover.com /arthurs/history/corii10.html   (17497 words)

  
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Duke Federigo planned his palace at Urbino just at the moment when the Count of Scandiano had began to chaunt his lays of Roland in the Castle of Ferrara.
The gentlemen and ladies of the court had spent a summer night in long debate on love, rising to the height of mystical Platonic rapture on the lips of Bembo, when one of them exclaimed, 'The day has broken!' 'He pointed to the light which was beginning to enter by the fissures of the windows.
This was Federigo, a youth of great promise, who succeeded his half-brother in 1444 as Count of Urbino.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/4/6/3/14634/14634.txt   (20483 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Foligno
This splendid edifice has unfortunately been disgracefully neglected and now serves as a court of justice, prison, etc. At the court of the Trinci, especially Nicolò, were many distinguished poets, e.g.
Fra Tommasuccio da Nocera, Candido Bontempi, and others; the most illustrious was the Dominican Federigo Frezzi, Bishop of Foligno (1403), whose "Quadriregio" is a kind of commentary on the "Hall of the Giants".
The cathedral, of very early date, and possessing a beautiful crypt, was rebuilt in 1133; in 1201 a wing, with a façade, was added, famous for its sculptures by Binello and Rodolfo (statues of Frederick Barbarossa and of Bishop Anselm), restored in 1903.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06124b.htm   (618 words)

  
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The lodgings of ambassadors and lords were so arranged in the Palazzo Pubblico that they, like their Imperial and Papal masters, could confer at all times and seasons.
The whole sea-coast was systematically plundered by the navies of Barbarossa and Dragut.
The inhabitants of the ports and inland villages were carried off into slavery, and many of the Italians themselves drove a brisk trade in the sale of their compatriots.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/5/0/16504/16504.txt   (19226 words)

  
 THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY - FULL TEXT - by Jacob Burckhardt PART TWO
On the whole, however, the new discoveries were accepted and turned to useful account, till the Italians became the teachers of all Europe, both in the build- ing of fortifications and in the means of attacking them.
Princes like Federigo of Urbino and Alfonso of Ferrara acquired a mastery of the subject compared to which the knowledge even of Maximilian I appears superficial.
In Italy, earlier than elsewhere, there existed a comprehensive science and art of military affairs; here, for the first time, that impartial delight is taken in able generalship for its own sake, which might, indeed, be expected from the frequent change of party and from the wholly unsentimental mode of action of the Condottieri.
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 Opera Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
One of the conspicuous ecclesiastics in the troubles between the Holy See and Federick Barbarossa; date of birth uncertain; died 14 September, 1215.
The term implies no attribution of authorship, but rather a poetical form or a liturgical use.
Founded between 1603 and 1609 by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo at Milan.
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 Lesbian Genealogy
Honore II Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco (1597-1662), raised under the tutelage of his uncle, Federigo Landi, Prince of Valditarro.
Federigo had his nephew raised, in 1612, to the title of Prince and Lord of Monaco.
Note 34: The son, Federigo, 4th and last Prince of Valditarro, had an only surviving child, Polissena, who married Giovanni Andrea Doria.
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 Ciba 1: Medieval Dyeing
The combined cities of Lombardy were not only able to resist the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, but actually succeeded in gaining a decisive victory.
e., the Rucellai, from Oricella, the lichendye which their ancestor Federigo is said to have discovered in the East, and the della Robbia, the famous family of sculptors, flourishing to this day, who take their name from the madder plant, we shall the better estimate the importance of the trade.
In 1 260 the dyers, together with the soap-makers and madder-dealers, had received from the Duke of Athens, then overlord of the city, permission to found a guild.
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 moscardini sommocolonia - barganews.com information about the medieval city of Barga (LU) Tuscany Italy
Around 100 Moscardinis will assemble for Mass in San Freddiano in Sommocolonia followed by a meal in La Cantina at Ghivizzano.
The families come from Bonafede's two sons Federigo and Guiseppe and Sabatino's son Victor all living in the UK.
Bonafede's eldest daughter, Speranza, emigrated to Boston, Massachussets and her grandchildren and great grandchildren will be present.
www.barganews.com /sommocolonia/moscardini   (363 words)

  
 BOOKFORUM | fall 2002
I didn't believe it, but it was easy to give interviewers this piece of meat to chew on.
Minna Proctor translated Federigo Tozzi's short–story collection Love in Vain (New Directions, 2001).
She is currently translating Antonio Tabucchi's new story collection Before It Gets Too Late.
www.bookforum.com /archive/fall_02/interview_eco.html   (2075 words)

  
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Conrad's nephew and successor, Frederick I "Barbarossa" (1152-1190), attempted to reassert the imperial authority over the Italian cities, and to exercise supremacy over the papacy itself.
Lorenzo sums up the finest culture of the early Renaissance in his own person.
Unlike many of the humanists of his epoch, he throughly appreciated the great Italian classics of the two preceding centuries; in his youth he wrote a famous epistle on the subject to Federigo of Aragon, which accompanied a collection of early Italian lyrics.
www.nwowatcher.com /smf/index.php?topic=5284   (10778 words)

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