TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hurlburt,,Holly S.
TI  - Daughter of Venice: Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and woman of the Renaissance 
SN  - 9780300209723
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New Haven: , London
PB  - Yale University Press, 
KW  - Caterina Cornaro
KW  - Queens
KW  - Biography
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Cyprus
KW  - Monarchy
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Italy
KW  - Venice
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Biography & autobiography
KW  - historical, political & military
KW  - European history
KW  - c 500 to c 1500
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474
KW  - Venetian rule
KW  - 1474-1570
KW  - c 1000 CE to c 1500
KW  - c 1500 to c 1600
N1  - Holly S. Hurlburt is associate professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-334) and index
N2  - Scope and content: "Caterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those of the Venetian republic anxious to extend its empire. In the first year of her reign, pregnant and widowed, she became regent for the kingdom. This study considers for the first time the strategies of her reign, negotiating Venetian encroachment, family pressures, and the challenges of female rule. Using previously understudied sources, such as her correspondence with Venetian magistracies, the book shows how Corner marshalled her royal authority until and beyond her forced abdication in 1489. The unique perspective of Corner's life reveals new insights into Renaissance imperialism, politics, familial ambition, and conventions of ideal womanhood as revealed in the portraits, poetry, and orations dedicated to her"-- Caterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those of the Venetian republic anxious to extend its empire. In the first year of her reign, pregnant and widowed, she became regent for the kingdom. This study considers for the first time the strategies of her reign, negotiating Venetian encroachment, family pressures, and the challenges of female rule. Using previously understudied sources, such as her correspondence with Venetian magistracies, the book shows how Corner marshalled her royal authority until and beyond her forced abdication in 1489. The unique perspective of Corner's life reveals new insights into Renaissance imperialism, politics, familial ambition, and conventions of ideal womanhood as revealed in the portraits, poetry, and orations dedicated to her
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