1st Edition

Mercurino di Gattinara and the Creation of the Spanish Empire

By Rebecca Ard Boone Copyright 2014
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    As Grand Chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor, Mercurino di Gattinara (1465–1530) shaped the administration and aims of the Spanish Empire. Ard Boone situates Gattinara at the heart of Renaissance politics and propaganda and provides the first English translation of his autobiography in full.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Biography; Chapter 2 Preparing the way of the lord; Chapter 3 Gattinara and america; Chapter 4 Enemies of the Faith; Chapter 5 Gattinara, guicciardini and the treaty of madrid; conclusion Conclusion;

    Biography

    Rebecca Ard Boone