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Isabella d’Este: Selected Letters and the Epistolary World of the Italian Renaissance

"Isabella d’Este’s surviving correspondence—comprising thousands of letters written to diplomats, artists, family members, and scholars—offers an unparalleled window into the political maneuvering, artistic patronage, and daily life of the Italian Renaissance. Often hailed as the "First Lady of the Renaissance," Isabella maintained an exhaustive epistolary network that recorded her sharp intellect, cultural influence, and formidable political agency. Modern selections of these letters provide students, historians, and literary enthusiasts with primary source access to her negotiations for paintings, her management of the Mantuan court, and her..."

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