Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli
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Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (IPA:
Biography
Castruccio was born in
He assisted Uguccione in many enterprises, including the capture of Lucca (1314) and the Battle of Montecatini (1315), in which he was the main protagonist of the victory over the Guelph League led by the Florentines. However, due to his growing popularity, Uguccione had him jailed and condemned to death. An insurrection of the Lucchesi having led to the expulsion of Uguccione and his party, Castruccio regained his freedom and his position, and the Ghibelline triumph was presently assured.[1]
Elected lord (as lifelong
At his death in 1328, the fortunes of his young children were wrecked in the Guelph triumph.[1]
Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a Life of Castruccio Castracani. It is understood to be fictional in many places, and based upon classical aphorisms. It was made later in his life than some of Machiavelli's more well-known works and is thought by some commentators such as Leo Strauss to be significant for the understanding of Machiavelli's political philosophy.[1]
Mary Shelley's novel Valperga; or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca, published in 1823, is based on the life of Castruccio Castracani, though the dates are slightly changed.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 0-19-510882-5.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Tegrimi, Niccolò (1496). Vita di Castruccio. Modena.
- Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Newton Compton, Rome.
- Green, Louis (1986). Castruccio Castracani: A study on the Origins and Character of a Fourteenth-Century Italian Despotism. Oxford.
External links
- Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 - 1550: Castruccio Castracani
- Martin W. Walsh: LUCCA MARTINMAS, 1325: The Despicable Festive Humiliation of Florentine Prisoners of War by Castruccio Castracani (2004)
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Niccolò Machiavelli: Vita di Castruccio
- Costanza Moscheni: Castruccio - poema epico (1811)[permanent dead link]
- Domenico Luigi Moscheni: Notizie istoriche intorno la vita di Castruccio degli Antelminelli Castracani (1811)
- Mary Shelley: Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca (1823)
- Lilla Maria Crisafulli: Letitia Elizabeth Landon's Castruccio Castrucani: Gender Through History Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Full Text of Machiavelli's Life of Castruccio Castracani in Italian, Bibliotheca Philosophica
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