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Author: Paul Gwynne

Poets and Princes offers a richly textured interdisciplinary survey of late medieval and early Renaissance court cultures across Europe as they are reflected in the neo-Latin verse of the itinerant poet, Johannes Michael Nagonius. In 1496 the poet laureate Nagonius presented Henry VII with a manuscript of Latin panegyric poetry. This elaborate diplomatic gift from Pope Alexander VI solicited the King’s support against Charles VIII of France. The verse emphasized the mutual benefit of an alliance: if Henry supported him the Pope would acknowledge disputed Tudor claims to England’s throne. For Henry, the gift represented a literary and political coup. With all the rhetorical skill of a learned poet, Nagonius presented the King as a classical hero on an epic scale in the latest Italian style. The work thus acknowledged Henry’s international significance. Other recipients of Nagonius’s panegyric verse include Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Vladislav II of Bohemia, Louis XII of France, Doge Leonardo Loredan, the condottieri Niccolo Orsini and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Giovanni Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna, and Duke Ercole d’Este of Ferrara. The presentation of a deluxe manuscript to Julius II, celebrating the pontiff ‘s campaign in the Romagna, marked the climax of the poet’s career. This analysis of the life and works of Nagonius thus provides a fascinating insight into the world of late medieval and early Renaissance court cultures. It contributes to the growing field of neo-Latin scholarship, examining the manuscripts and para-texts, studying the relationship between volume and dedicatee, placing these manuscripts within the wider literary and artistic cultures of the courts where they were presented, and investigating the role of neo-Latin verse within court cultures. Paul Gwynne received his Ph.D. in Combined Historical Studies from the Warburg Institute, University of London. His research interests include the reception of the Classical Tradition with particular emphasis on the development of Humanism in Renaissance Rome.

Poets and Princes The Panegyric Poetry of Johannes Michael Nagonius 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Johannes Michael Nagonius, civis Romanus et poeta laureatus

Chapter 1: Johannes Michael Nagonius

  • Towards a Biography of Johannes Michael Nagonius

  • The ‘Biography’ of Giovanni Michele Pingonio

Part II: The Panegyric Works of Nagonius

Chapter 2: Iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto

  • Latin Panegyric Poetry

  • The Renaissance Theory of Panegyric

  • The Gift of Immortality

  • Nagonius and the Panegyric Tradition

Chapter 3: An Italian Poet Abroad

  • The Adventus of Piotr Vapowski, 1493

  • ‘Sic ego sum Caesar Maximilianus orbis herus’: A Manuscript for Maximilian, 1494

  • A Renaissance Court in England: A Manuscript for Henry VII, 1496

  • A Manuscript for Vladislav II, 1497

  • Conclusion

Chapter 4: French Connections

  • ‘Accipe fatalem clypeum’: A Manuscript for Louis XII, 1499

  • Further Connections

  • A Manuscript for Pierre, Duke of Bourbon, c. 1500

  • A Manuscript for Ercole d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, c. 1500

  • A Manuscript for Filiberto II, Duke of Savoy, 1501

  • A Manuscript for Guglielmo II, Marquis of Monferrat, 1508

  • Conclusion

Chapter 5: Venice and the Caesars

  • A Manuscript for Doge Leonardo Loredan, c. 1503

  • ‘Tu alter Caesar eris’: A Manuscript for Niccolò Orsini, 1507

  • A Compendium of Roman History: A Manuscript for Andrea Gritti, 1502

Chapter 6: The Last Crusade

  • ‘Hierusalem miserere tuae’: A Manuscript for Pope Julius II, 1509

Chapter 7: ‘Go Little Book’

  • A Strategy for Recognition

  • Decoration and Illumination

  • The Identity of the Illuminators

  • A Note on the Script

  • A Note on the Watermarks

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Part III: Panegyric Compositions and Catalogue

Chapter 9: A Selection of the Panegyric Compositions of Nagonius

  • The Senators and Matrons of Rome

  • The Oration and Verses to Welcome Piotr Vapowski to Rome

  • Dedicatory Letter to Maximilian I

  • A Hunting Expedition among the Ruins of Ancient Rome

  • Epigrams for Philip, Archduke of Burgundy, and Arthur, Prince of Wales

  • Descriptions of Buda, Jerusalem, and Constantinople

  • The Battle of Fornovo

  • An Epithalamium for Guglielmo II, Marquis of Monferrat, and Anne D’Alençon

  • The Foundation of Venice by Antenor

  • The Venetian Senate

  • The Vision of Francesco Maria della Rovere

Catalogue of Manuscripts and Printed Books by Nagonius

  • Manuscripts

  • Printed Books

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