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In Italy, the Renaissance was more than a time of sweeping cultural advancement; it was also an age of nearly continuous military conflict and vicious personal feuds between powerful public figures. A lifelong vendetta pitted two of Italy's most prominent condottieri, or mercenary warlords, against each other in a struggle that moved from the battlefield to the political halls of power to the papacy itself. Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and Sigismondo Malatesta, "the Wolf of Rimini," were more than ruthless generals; they were cultured patrons of the arts who nonetheless took their rivalry to bloody excess. Here their story is set against the rich backdrop of 15th-century Italy, a sweeping epic of nobility and war, betrayals and vengeance.
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Makoto Ochiai
reviewed Vendetta: High Art and Low Cunning at the Birth of the Renaissance on September 27, 2020
Vendetta
Lots of 'Guido smashed Carlo' and 'Malatesta bought so-and-so from the Pope before he killed his wife' and on and on and on. Just a load of information heaped upon the reader in the 'he did this and the other guy did that' style of writing.
Because there are no footnotes it is difficult to track down exactly where Bicheno gets his information, some of which I suspect is downright wrong. He has a penchant for making statements and adding superlatives that just don't ring true. For example, he refers to Niccolo III d'Este as "a famed Humanist and patron of the arts and letters". Niccolo spent the vast majority of his time as a warrior, maintaining his lands and household. While he did appoint a humanist as the tutor of his son Leonello, it would be a stretch to call Niccolo himself 'a famed Humanist'.
While Bicheno is surely no idiot, in the end, as Macbeth lamented, the work comes off as full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Overall, a tiresome read without much to take-away.
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