María de Fonseca (c. 1486-1521) and the Marquis of Zenete (1473-1523): Aristocratic Rebels and Patrons of Renaissance Culture

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Magnificat Cultura i Literatura Medievals Pub Date : 2016-12-06 DOI:10.7203/MCLM.3.6856

Roger Boase

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The story of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar y Mendoza, Marquis of Zenete, Cardinal Mendoza’s eldest son, and his second wife Maria de Fonseca would furnish a writer with ample material for an exciting novel and certainly deserves to be better known, especially in the Anglophone world. Among other things, this article sheds some light on the vulnerable status of women in late medieval and Renaissance Spain at a time when noble ladies had greater educational opportunities, and casts doubt on the alleged role played by Queen Isabel in championing the freedom and the rights of women; and it discusses how the Marquis of Zenete expressed his personality through jousting invenciones and inscriptions in Latin on the walls of his palace of La Calahorra, and introduced many features of Italian art and architecture into Spain almost in defiance of the status quo. The author explains why the Marquis wrote the words NULA SECUNDA on a harp that he gave as a present to Prince Juan. The possible significance of a quotation by Ovid formerly in the Salon de los Marqueses in the Palace of La Calahorra is discussed, and attention drawn to the appearance of the Fonseca sisters in the anonymous Carajicomedia .

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María de Fonseca(约1486-1521年)和Zenete侯爵(1473-1523年):贵族反叛和文艺复兴文化的赞助人

门多萨枢机主教的长子、泽内特侯爵罗德里戈·迪亚兹·德·维瓦尔·门多萨与第二任妻子玛丽亚·德·丰塞卡的故事将为作家创作一部激动人心的小说提供充足的素材，当然值得更广为人知，尤其是在英语世界。除此之外，本文还揭示了中世纪晚期和文艺复兴时期西班牙女性的弱势地位，当时贵族女性拥有更多的教育机会，并对伊莎贝尔女王在倡导妇女自由和权利方面所扮演的所谓角色表示怀疑;书中还讨论了泽尼特侯爵是如何通过在卡拉霍拉宫殿的墙壁上进行决斗和拉丁文铭文来表达自己的个性，并几乎不顾现状地将意大利艺术和建筑的许多特点引入西班牙。作者解释了为什么侯爵把“NULA SECUNDA”这几个字写在竖琴上，作为礼物送给胡安王子。讨论了奥维德之前在卡拉霍拉宫的侯爵沙龙中引用的一段话的可能意义，并注意到匿名卡拉霍拉媒体中丰塞卡姐妹的出现。

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