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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I

1474—1490
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Birth of Isabella d’Este—Her betrothal to Francesco
Gonzaga—Visit of the Mantuan envoy to Ferrara—
Her letters to the Marquis—Mantegna’s Madonna—
Elisabetta Gonzaga visits Ferrara—Personal charms of
Isabella—Her education and teachers—Classical studies
and love of music—Cultured tastes of her parents—
Music and art at their court—Cosimo Tura and Ercole
Roberti—Marriage of Isabella — Her reception at
Mantua ..... „ 1-18

CHAPTER II

1328—1478
The court of Mantua and house of Gonzaga—Gianfran-
oesco IL, the first Marquis—Vittorino da Feltre and
the Casa Zoiosa—Cecilia Gonzaga—Reign of Lodovico
Gonzaga and Barbara of Brandenburg—Their patronage
of art and learning—Marriage of Federico to Margaret
of Bavaria—-Betrothal of Dorotea Gonzaga to Galeazzo
Sforza—Frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi . . 19-36

CHAPTER III
1478—1490
Reign of Federico Gonzaga—Death of his wife and mother—•
His love for his daughters — Visit of Lorenzo dei
Medici—Accession of Francesco Gonzaga—His charac-
ter and warlike tastes—Betrothal of Elisabetta Gonzaga
to Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino—His visit to Mantua
—Marriage of Elisabetta—Her return to Mantua for
VOL. I xvii b
 
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