Journal article
The Granata Svampante: Alfonso I d’Este’s projections of strength and prudence
- Abstract:
- Alfonso I d’Este, duke of Ferrara (r.1505-1534), had a reputation for military skill rooted in his innovation and employment of gunpowder artillery during the Wars of the League of Cambrai. He bolstered this image through patronage, memorialising his victories with imagery featuring humanist allusions and implicit threat. Alfonso’s ubiquitous personal emblem of the granata svampante [exploding grenade] manifested his desired message of restrained power, of fortitude and prudence. His command of this destructive weapon, to be used at the right place and time (Loco et Tempore), reflected evolving views of warfare and noble virtues in the first decade of his rule.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publication website:
- https://emblematicajournal.com/2023/01/volume-5-2023/
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- Publisher:
- Droz
- Journal:
- Emblematica More from this journal
- Volume:
- 5
- Pages:
- 83-139
- Place of publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Publication date:
- 2023-01-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-03-11
- EISSN:
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2571-5070
- ISBN:
- 9782600064460
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1994722
- Local pid:
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pubs:1994722
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2024-05-05
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- Emblematica and Droz.
- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Rights statement:
- © 2023 Emblematica and Droz.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Droz.
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