TY  - GEN
T1  - The pope's daughter : the extraordinary life of Felice della Rovere
A1  - Murphy, Caroline, 1969-
LA  - English
PP  - Oxford ; New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm62872365
AB  - The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a world of popes and princes.; Using a wide variety of sources, including Felice's personal correspondence, as well as diaries, account books, and chronicles of Renaissance Rome, Murphy skilfully weaves a compelling portrait of this remarkable woman. Felice della Rovere was to witness Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, watch her father Pope Julius II lay the foundation stone for the new Saint Peter's, and see herself immortalized by Raphael in his Vatican frescos. With her marriage to Gian Giordano Orsini - arranged, though not attended, by her father the Pope - she came to possess great wealth and power, assets which she turned to her advantage. While her father lived, Felice exercised much influence in the affairs of Rome - even negotiating for peace with the Queen of France - and after his death, Felice persevered, making allies of the cardinals and clerics of St. Peter's and maintaining her control of the Orsini land through tenacity, ingenuity, and carefully cultivated political savvy. She survived the Sack of Rome in 1527, but her greatest enemy proved to be her own stepson Napoleone. The rivalry between him and her son Girolamo had a sudden and violent end, and brought her perilously close to losing e; With a marvelous cast of characters, this is a spellbinding biography set against the brilliant backdrop of Renaissance Rome.
OP  - 359
CN  - DG812.6.D45 M87 2005eb
SN  - 1423746767
SN  - 9781423746768
SN  - 1280428589
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SN  - 0198040288
SN  - 9780198040286
SN  - 1602565643
SN  - 9781602565647
SN  - 9780199741151
SN  - 0199741158
SN  - 0195182685
SN  - 9780195182682
SN  - 0195312015
SN  - 9780195312010
KW  - Della Rovere, Felice, : -1536.
KW  - Julius : II, : Pope, : 1443-1513 : Family.
KW  - Orsini family.
KW  - Della Rovere, Felice, : -1536
KW  - Julius : II, : Pope, : 1443-1513
KW  - Orsini family
KW  - Della Rovere, Felice.
KW  - Children of popes : Italy : Rome : Biography.
KW  - Nobility : Italy : Rome : Biography.
KW  - Rome (Italy) : History : 1420-1798.
KW  - Renaissance : Italy : Rome.
KW  - Rome (Italie) : Histoire : 1420-1798.
KW  - Renaissance : Italie : Rome.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY.
KW  - Children of popes
KW  - Families
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy : Rome
KW  - 1420-1798
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
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