GUASTALLA

gwästälˈlä, town (1991 pop. 13,354), Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Po River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Probably founded in the 7th cent., Guastalla was held by various lords and in 1539 was bought by Ferrante Gonzaga of Mantua. It was made a duchy in 1621. After the Guastalla branch of the Gonzagas became extinct in 1746, the duchy passed (1748) to Parma. In 1806, Napoleon I conferred Guastalla on his sister, Pauline Borghese, but it later reverted to Parma.

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Studies in Eighteenth-Century Diplomacy, 1740-1748
Book by Richard F. Lodge; John Murray, 1930
Subjects: Europe--Politics And Government--18th Century
...hasty a decision. Convinced by Maria Theresas early misfortunes that her cause was hopeless, and tempted by the offer of Guastalla, he made a secret treaty with Spain, which committed him to support the Bourbon invasion. On the approach of the Austro-Sardinian...
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The Treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: An Historical and Critical Dictionary
Book by Linda Frey, Marsha Frey; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Spanish Succession, War Of, 1701-1714--Treaties--Dictionaries
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Religious Orders of the Catholic Reformation: In Honor of John C. Olin on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Book by Richard L. DeMolen; Fordham University Press, 1994
Subjects: Counter-Reformation, Monasticism And Religious Orders--Europe--History--16th Century
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The Defense of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Northern Italy, 1813-1814
Book by George F. Nafziger, Marco Gioannini; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Beauharnais, Eugaene De--1781-1824--Military Leadership, Generals--France--Biography, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Italy, Northern, Wars Of Liberation, 1813-1814--Campaigns--Italy, Northern
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Lombard Towns of Italy
Book by Egerton R. Williams Jr.; Dodd Mead and Company, 1914
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Italy, Lombardy (Italy)--Description And Travel
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Making a Good Impression: Diana Mantuana's Printmaking Career
Journal article by Evelyn Lincoln; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 50, 1997
Subjects: Engravers--Conduct of life, Scultori, Diana--Conduct of life
...Volterran designer had been brought to Guastalla (one of the satellite dukedoms of the...civic-minded diplomat, even becoming the Guastalla agent at the Vatican, problems in relating...condition and called his assistant from Guastalla, Raffaelino da Reggio, to fresco the...
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Nec Spe Nec Metu. la Gonzaga: Architettura E Corte Nella Milano Di Carlo V
Journal article by Clifford M. Brown; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Nec spe nec metu: La Gonzaga, Architettura e corte nella Milano di Carlo V (Book)--Book reviews
...Messina and then in Milan and finally in the designing of Guastalla in the Mantuan countryside. The last was arguably the most...resided in Messina and Milan at the pleasure of the emperor, Guastalla was purchased by him to serve the needs of his sons and heirs...
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Books Received
Journal article; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 57, 2004
...index. append. illus. tbls. bibl. euro10. ISBN: 88-17-10739-5. Crescimbeni, Giovan Mario. La vita di Bernardino Baldi Abate di Guastalla. Lo Studiolo. Ed. Ilaria Filograsso. Urbino: Quattro Venti, 2001. cxiv + 221 pp. index. illus. bibl. euro25.82. ISBN: 88-392-0597-7...
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Queneau and Poetic Illusion
Journal article by Claude Debon; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 17, 1997
Subjects: French fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Queneau, Raymond--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Voyage en Grece). This article is a response to a book by Guastalla, which as it happens places poetry and literature in opposition...grasped the problem since, in the article quoted above on Guastallas book, he poses the question, "Would rhythm be of use henceforth...


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encyclopedia articles on: Guastalla  - 6 results

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Guastalla
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GUASTALLA gwastal la, town (1991 pop. 13,354), Emilia-Romagna...industrial center. Probably founded in the 7th cent., Guastalla was held by various lords and in 1539 was bought by Ferrante...Gonzaga of Mantua. It was made a duchy in 1621. After the Guastalla branch of the Gonzagas became extinct in 1746, the duchy...
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Gonzaga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1708), Montferrat (1536 1708), and Guastalla (1539 1746). The family name is derived...Flanders. He acquired (1539) the county of Guastalla, which remained with his direct descendants...N Italy, supported the claims of the Guastalla branch. War between France and Spain...
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Marie Louise
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...MARIE LOUISE 1791 1847, empress of the French (1810 15) as consort of Napoleon I and duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (1816 47), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (later Emperor of Austria as Francis I.) She was married (1810) to Napoleon...
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Aix-La-Chapelle, Treaty Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...restored the status quo ante, but it awarded Silesia and Glatz to Prussia and conferred the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla on the Spanish infante Philip. It confirmed the pragmatic sanction of 1713, and it renewed Britains privilege (acquired...
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Vienna, Congress Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dashed. Naples and Sicily were reunited under Bourbon rule; the Papal States were restored; the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla were awarded to French Empress Marie Louise for her lifetime; Tuscany and Modena were restored to the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine...
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