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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Power of Affiliation: Dynastic Blood, Artificial Kinship and Legitimation Strategies. The Case of the Della Rovere Dukes of Urbino*

Sebastian Becker

subject

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageHistorySelf-fashioningHistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsDemiseLanguage and LinguisticsGenealogyNephew and niecePower (social and political)LegitimationKinshipDuchy

description

After the Montefeltro dynasty’s demise in 1508, the Della Rovere family assumed power in the geo-strategically and culturally important Duchy of Urbino. The first dynasty of papal nephews able to p...

https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2020.1855882