by Mary Hollingsworth · Overlook Hardcover · tapa dura · ISBN 9781585676804
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«The Cardinal's Hat» is the historical essay by Mary Hollingsworth on Ippolito d'Este, published by Overlook Hardcover in hardback (308 pages, in English).
Drawing on the correspondence and account books of Ippolito d'Este, found in the Modena archive, Mary Hollingsworth reconstructs the daily life, financial management, and political ambitions of this sixteenth-century cardinal, patron of the arts in Rome and candidate for the papacy.
Subtitle: Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince. The work was originally published in 2004; this edition is from 2005.
For readers interested in Renaissance history, historical biography, and life in the Italian court.
Elizabeth Mary Hollingsworth is a British historian who specialises in the history of medieval Italy.
