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Mary Hollingsworth.
The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition and Housekeeping in a Renaissance Court.
London: Profile Books, 2005 (previously issued in hardback, 2004).
ISBN 1861977700;
ISBN-13: 9781861977700.
Paperback, perfect bound.
129x195x20mm.
308pp inc. several monochrome illustrations.
English.
Good to very good condition: corners starting to curl a little, and a mild crease to the top outside corner of the front cover.This item £4.50
[Publisher's price £8.99]
263g.Based on a previously unpublished archive, this is a study of Ippolito d'Este, second son of Lucretia Borgia, and his household. He became Archbishop of Milan aged 9, then had to wait a whole twenty years for his promotion to cardinal...
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