Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468)
Bianca Maria Visconti duchess of Milan left behind her «a flood of correspondence», composed by either private letters, either dispatches of public interest. Her involvement in public affairs was not limited to the periods of regency, and she could dispose of a group of skilful secretaries (a part o...
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| description | Bianca Maria Visconti duchess of Milan left behind her «a flood of correspondence», composed by either private letters, either dispatches of public interest. Her involvement in public affairs was not limited to the periods of regency, and she could dispose of a group of skilful secretaries (a part of her large household) to which she committed the writing of her letters. Her correspondents belonged either to her family − her husband, sons and daugters, relatives, more devote courtiers − either to her impressive patronal network, as ladies-in-waiting, friends, servants, retainers, nobles and aristocrats, prelates and even common people. In particular, the article reconsiders the last correspondence between the duchess and her son Galeazzo Maria, then duke of Milan: these letters reveal a warm personal affection, as much as a deep disagreement about the ruling of public affairs, and fully enlighten the strong temperament of this passionate Renaissance lady. The analysis finally focuses on some comments about the style, the formats, the literary solutions of the letters: for example, the use of autography to establish a closer contact with the correspondent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1b0a9c9a9444e98bf7dc9a93123a3892024-04-03T05:58:37ZdeuUniversità di Napoli Federico IIReti Medievali Rivista1593-22142009-12-011013153493704Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468)Maria Nadia Covini0Università degli Studi di MilanoBianca Maria Visconti duchess of Milan left behind her «a flood of correspondence», composed by either private letters, either dispatches of public interest. Her involvement in public affairs was not limited to the periods of regency, and she could dispose of a group of skilful secretaries (a part of her large household) to which she committed the writing of her letters. Her correspondents belonged either to her family − her husband, sons and daugters, relatives, more devote courtiers − either to her impressive patronal network, as ladies-in-waiting, friends, servants, retainers, nobles and aristocrats, prelates and even common people. In particular, the article reconsiders the last correspondence between the duchess and her son Galeazzo Maria, then duke of Milan: these letters reveal a warm personal affection, as much as a deep disagreement about the ruling of public affairs, and fully enlighten the strong temperament of this passionate Renaissance lady. The analysis finally focuses on some comments about the style, the formats, the literary solutions of the letters: for example, the use of autography to establish a closer contact with the correspondent.http://www.rmojs.unina.it/index.php/rm/article/view/4972MedioevoRinascimentoItaliaMilanoPrincipesseComunicazione epistolareLinguaggio politico |
| spellingShingle | Maria Nadia Covini Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) Reti Medievali Rivista Medioevo Rinascimento Italia Milano Principesse Comunicazione epistolare Linguaggio politico |
| title | Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) |
| title_full | Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) |
| title_fullStr | Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) |
| title_short | Between Domestic Care, Feelings, and Politics. The Correspondence of Bianca Maria Visconti (1450-1468) |
| title_sort | between domestic care feelings and politics the correspondence of bianca maria visconti 1450 1468 |
| topic | Medioevo Rinascimento Italia Milano Principesse Comunicazione epistolare Linguaggio politico |
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