Women's Patronage and Gendered Cultural Networks in Early Modern Europe

Part 1 GENDERED NETWORKS

1. Vittoria della Rovere at the Medici Court: A Dynasty of Women.

2. "Le Signore Dame": Vittoria della Rovere and her female courtiers.

3. Gendered Social and Cultural Networks: Italy and Beyond.

Part 2 SELF-FASHIONING and DISPLAY

4. Visual Splendour at the Court of Vittoria della Rovere; the Role of Portraiture. Chapter 5 Material Magnificence between the Courts of France and Florence: Vittoria della Rovere's French Luxury Imports

6. Sartorial Elegance at the Medici Court: Fashioning the Grand Ducal Family

Part 3 CULTURAL PATRONAGE

7. A Discerning Eye: Vittoria della Rovere's Art Patronage

8. The female virtuosa at the Grand Duchess's court: Vittoria della Rovere's patronage of female artists and other creative women.

9. Architectural Patronage, Interior Design and Decoration

Part 4 PIETY and SPIRITUAL PHILANTHROPY

10. Performing piety: Vittoria della Rovere and the theatre of religious devotion.

11."Sua infocata devotione": Vittoria della Rovere and the Reliquary Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi Nobile Fiorentina

12. Vittoria della Rovere's Spiritual Philanthropy