The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition, and Housekeeping in a Renaissance Court

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Harry N. Abrams, May 2, 2006 - History - 308 pages
Working with Ippolito's letters and ledgers, recently uncovered in an archive in Modena, Italy, Mary Hollingsworth has pieced together a fascinating and undeniably titillating tale of this Renaissance cardinal and his road to power and wealth in sixteenth century Europe. The ledgers document every aspect of Ippolito's comings and goings, and he comes to life out of the minutiae, as do the lives of his staff.

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The Palazzo San Francesco
25
On the Road
63
A Court at War
91
Copyright

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Mary Hollingworth received her Ph.D. in Renaissance Architecture from the University of Anglia. She ahs lectured in art and architecture at several universities in the United Kingdom and has published several books on the patronage of Italian Renaissance art, as well as articles in Art History, Atlas of World Art, and The Times (London), among others."

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