Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 6010
Author(s): Ragone, Franca.
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Title : Le spose del signore: scelte politiche e ceremonie alla corte di Paolo Guinigi [Paolo Guinigi rose to power in Lucca following the assassination of his brother Lazzari; to buttress his regime, he married a descendant of a previous ruler of Lucca, Castruccio Castracani; then he wed Ilaria del Carretto, whose family had ties to the Visconti of Milan; Paolo's third and fourth wives, like the spouses of his children, were from outside Lucca; these marriages were intended to buttress the prestige of the Guinigi regime].

Source: Ilaria del Carretto e il suo monumento: la donna nell'arte, la cultura, e la società del '400. Atti del convegno Internazionale di Studi, 15-16-17 Settembre, 1994, Palazzo Ducale, Lucca. Edited by Stéphane Toussaint. Translated by Clotilde Soave Bowe. . Edizioni S. Marco Litotipo, 1995. Pages 119 - 136.
Year of Publication: 1995.

2. Record Number: 6021
Author(s): Pinchard, Bruno.
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Title : La Mort de la dame. Mythologie d'un marbre selon Dante [The author traces similarities between Dante's writings and the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, wife of the lord of Lucca].