Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (Italian: [kaˈstruttʃo kastraˈkaːni]; 1281 – 3 September 1328) was an Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca....
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The Life of Castruccio Castracani (Italian: Vita di Castruccio Castracani) is a short work by Niccolò Machiavelli. It is made in the form of a short biographical...
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condottiero, Castruccio Castracani, under whose rule it became a leading state in central Italy. Lucca rivalled Florence until Castracani's death in 1328...
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of the ladies is a firm adherent of the Ghibellines. The Life of Castruccio Castracani (1520) by Niccolò Machiavelli tells the struggle between the Guelphs...
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degli Antelminelli (1779–1852), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal Castruccio Castracani (1281–1328), Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca This page or...
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Machiavelli to which The Prince has been compared is the Life of Castruccio Castracani. Each part of The Prince has attracted extensive commentary over...
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Lucca. In 1316, control of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana was given to Castruccio Castracani, who built a bridge in order to join the castle to the village....
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Valperga (novel) (redirect from Valperga, or the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca)
which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered...
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the curtis of Henry VI. Between 1314 and 1328 the imperial vicar Castruccio Castracani was plenipotentiary of the area; he supposedly was the model for...
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affairs of the city of Lucca. The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca (1520) – Vita di Castruccio Castracani da Lucca, a short biography. Istorie Fiorentine...
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Roger de Flor (c. 1268–1305) Malatesta da Verucchio (1212–1312) Castruccio Castracani, Lord of Lucca (1281–1328) Cangrande della Scala (1291–1329) Montréal...
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Faggiola and Cangrande della Scala but he strongly antagonised Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli. In 1308 he acquired jurisdictional power in...
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tarot to Prince Francesco Antelminelli Castracani Fibbia (1360-1419), great-grandson of Castruccio Castracani. This is one of the oldest decks in continual...
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Tuscany c. 1080-1100. It was renovated c. 1300 under the direction of Castruccio Castracani. The largest span is 37.8 m. The bridge is also described in a 14th-century...
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Tuscany. The leader of the family in the early 14th century was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibelline leader. Serving under the Ghibelline chief,...
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forces of Lucca under Castruccio Castracani and those of Guelph Florence. After subduing several Ghibelline towns, Castracani had conquered Pistoia and...
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emperor Otto I. The castle was rebuilt or enlarged by the condottiero Castruccio Castracani, and later became the residence of the bishops of Luni. Pieve of...
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Santa Maria a Monte. It is home to a tower and an arch named after Castruccio Castracani, once belonging to a castle. Outside of town is the Franciscan Sanctuary...
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citizens gave the lordship over their Republic to the ghibelline Castruccio Castracani, member of the House of Antelminelli and leader of great political...
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sought ennobling connections with the classical past. Ghibelline Castruccio Castracani defeated the forces of the Guelph Florence in the 1325 Battle of...
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battle fought in 1325 in Tuscany, between the Ghibelline forces of Castruccio Castracani and the Guelph ones of the Republic of Florence. Pandolfo II Malatesta...
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figure is a scherzo, a joke embedded in a painting, representing Castruccio Castracani, Duca di Lucca, according to C.F. Young’s “The Medici”, with the...
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the site of the Fortezza Augustan, the residence of condottiero Castruccio Castracani, where also was his palace, perhaps designed by Giotto. The large...
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power and placed Castruccio Castracani in the office of captain-general of the Republic. After a few months in office Castruccio Castracani turned against...
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This did not last long, since his nephew Filippo sold the town to Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. The town was officially annexed to Florence in 1530. One...
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allowing passage of the Arno river. It was conquered by condottiero Castruccio Castracani and is also mentioned in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Signa...
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the feudal Lords of Versilia were forced to abdicate in favour of Castruccio Castracani. In the following years the area upon which Viareggio would eventually...
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ground, along with the rest of the town, by the Duke of Lucca, Castruccio Castracani. After further renovation, the church, which houses paintings of...
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Fornoli and Chifenti. When a prior 1317 stone bridge attributed to Castruccio Castracani, had been destroyed by a flood, this bridge was commissioned in...
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circumstances of civil discord a successful condottieri from Lucca, Castruccio Castracani, came to power who ravaged rural communities belonging to Tuscany...
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