The Tombs of the Scaligers at Verona: a nineteenth century English account

Law, John Easton (2014) The Tombs of the Scaligers at Verona: a nineteenth century English account. In: Venice and the Veneto during the Renaissance: the Legacy of Benjamin Kohl. Reti Medievali E-Book (21). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 447-459. ISBN 978-88-6655-663-3

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Abstract

This contribution relates to two of Benjamin Kohl’s interests recorded in the bibliography included in this volume: signorial lordships in the Veneto in the late Middle Age and the interpretation of that period of Italian history by historians of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Here the regime chosen will not be the one that occupied Ben Kohl for much of his researching and publishing life, the Carrara of Padua, but rather their near neighbours and frequent adversaries, the Della Scala of Verona. The English commentators on that dynasty whose accounts are presented here are not nearly as well known, nor were they as influential, as Julia Cartwright and Cecilia Ady, discussed by Ben Kohl towards the end of his career, but the Cheney brothers – and Edward Cheney in particular – were prominent members of the British community in Rome and Venice in the nineteenth century and did play a part in raising interest in the cultural history of Italy.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Nella sezione: "Society, Religion and Art".
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages; 14th-15th century; 19th century; Verona; Sculpture; Historiography; Della Scala family
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2019 14:16
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2024 13:14
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/5015

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