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Description:The family to which Luigi Cornaro belonged flourished from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was held in high honor in the great days of the Venetian Republic, several members being elected to the Chief Magistracy. Perhaps the most celebrated was a female—Caterina Cornaro, who was born in 1454, and who, while yet in her teens, became the wife of the King of Cyprus, the island having passed under the dominion of Venice after the fall of the Latin Emperors of Byzantium. In 1473 Caterina lost her husband. Although only in her twentieth year she seized the reins of government, and ruled the kingdom for sixteen years, when a revolution forced her. to abdicate in favor of a Republic. The ex-Queen returned to Italy, retiring to Asolo, near Treviso, where, until her death in 1516, she held a brilliant Court, which became the resort of the most renowned savants, artists and wits of her time. Many portraits of Queen Caterina are in existence, the most celebrated being that painted by Paolo Veronese, which is now in Vienna. Caterina was not the only famous female member of the Cornaro family; Lucrezia Cornaro, who flourished from 1646 to 1684, was a prodigy of learning, her writing—eulogies, poems, essays—are well known even at the present day; she was a member of nearly every learned society in Europe, and in 1678 the University of Padua conferred on her the degree of Doctor, an honor so rarely bestowed on a female as to be almost unique.Thirteen years after the birth of Queen Caterina, Luigi first saw the light In the city of Padua. Throughout early youth and manhood he lived freely, indulging himself without stint, especially in the matters of eating and drinking. Becoming involved in the consequences of some malpractices on the part of his relatives, he was deprived of his family dignities, and although not banished from Venice, he was excluded from all share in public appointments, which ill-treatment he took so much to heart that he retired to Padua. He had already married Veronica, of the family of Spiltemberg; but it was only after several years that the only child of this union, a daughter named Clara, was born. This lady eventually married John Cornaro, a member of the Cypriote branch of the Comaros. Having reached the age of thirty-five, the effects of his hitherto intemperate life began to show themselves. As Cornaro himself wrote: "My stomach became disordered, and I suffered pain from colic and gout, attended by that which was yet worse—an almost continual slow fever, a stomach generally out of order, and a perpetual thirst. From these miseries the only delivery I had to hope lor was Death."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discourses on the Sober Life (Discorsi della vita sobria) Being the Personal Narrative of Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566, A. D.) [Illustrated Edition]. To get started finding Discourses on the Sober Life (Discorsi della vita sobria) Being the Personal Narrative of Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566, A. D.) [Illustrated Edition], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The family to which Luigi Cornaro belonged flourished from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was held in high honor in the great days of the Venetian Republic, several members being elected to the Chief Magistracy. Perhaps the most celebrated was a female—Caterina Cornaro, who was born in 1454, and who, while yet in her teens, became the wife of the King of Cyprus, the island having passed under the dominion of Venice after the fall of the Latin Emperors of Byzantium. In 1473 Caterina lost her husband. Although only in her twentieth year she seized the reins of government, and ruled the kingdom for sixteen years, when a revolution forced her. to abdicate in favor of a Republic. The ex-Queen returned to Italy, retiring to Asolo, near Treviso, where, until her death in 1516, she held a brilliant Court, which became the resort of the most renowned savants, artists and wits of her time. Many portraits of Queen Caterina are in existence, the most celebrated being that painted by Paolo Veronese, which is now in Vienna. Caterina was not the only famous female member of the Cornaro family; Lucrezia Cornaro, who flourished from 1646 to 1684, was a prodigy of learning, her writing—eulogies, poems, essays—are well known even at the present day; she was a member of nearly every learned society in Europe, and in 1678 the University of Padua conferred on her the degree of Doctor, an honor so rarely bestowed on a female as to be almost unique.Thirteen years after the birth of Queen Caterina, Luigi first saw the light In the city of Padua. Throughout early youth and manhood he lived freely, indulging himself without stint, especially in the matters of eating and drinking. Becoming involved in the consequences of some malpractices on the part of his relatives, he was deprived of his family dignities, and although not banished from Venice, he was excluded from all share in public appointments, which ill-treatment he took so much to heart that he retired to Padua. He had already married Veronica, of the family of Spiltemberg; but it was only after several years that the only child of this union, a daughter named Clara, was born. This lady eventually married John Cornaro, a member of the Cypriote branch of the Comaros. Having reached the age of thirty-five, the effects of his hitherto intemperate life began to show themselves. As Cornaro himself wrote: "My stomach became disordered, and I suffered pain from colic and gout, attended by that which was yet worse—an almost continual slow fever, a stomach generally out of order, and a perpetual thirst. From these miseries the only delivery I had to hope lor was Death."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discourses on the Sober Life (Discorsi della vita sobria) Being the Personal Narrative of Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566, A. D.) [Illustrated Edition]. To get started finding Discourses on the Sober Life (Discorsi della vita sobria) Being the Personal Narrative of Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566, A. D.) [Illustrated Edition], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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