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The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince

The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince

by Mary Hollingsworth (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

Second son of Lucretia Borgia, Ippolito d'Este loved gambling, hunting, tennis and women. He became Archbishop of Milan at the age of 9 ...But he had to wait another twenty years before he acquired his coveted cardinal's hat, the route to wealth and power in sixteenth-century Europe. This is his story. But it is also the story of his gardeners, carpenters, ceiling decorators, book-keeper, valet and doctor, the Master of his Wardrobe, his courtiers, squires, pages, cooks, stable boys and many other staff, and of their families. Based on the stunning discovery of Ippolito's household account books at Modena, The Cardinal's Hat does for Renaissance Italy what Liza Picard did for Restoration London.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 28 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 1861977700
ISBN 13: 9781861977700

Media Reviews
A book as rich and quirky as the Renaissance itself * David Starkey *
Beautifully judged and deeply researched -- Charles Nicholl * Sunday Times *
A fascinating book; not just for the details, but for the skill with which Hollingsworth interprets them -- Jane Stevenson * Observer *
As Mary Hollingsworth shows in this brilliant piece of historical detective work and narrative reconstruction, no one schmoozed the great and the good of 16th-century Europe with quite such elan as Ippolito d'Este. -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Mary Hollingsworth has succeeded in producing a riveting narrative full of characters otherwise forgotten by history. * History Today *
Exceptionally interesting ... Hollingsworth's narrative is seamless and her prose agreeable. -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post *
Author Bio
Dr Mary Hollingsworth is the author of Patronage in Renaissance Italy and Patronage in Sixteenth-century Italy. She is an academic and was until recently, lecturer in Art History at UEA. Alongside Professors from Universities of Sussex, Warwick, Venice, Edinburgh and Manchester she is currently working on the Material Renaissance Research Project funded by the Getty Grant Programme.