The history of the house of Esté, from the time of Forrestus until the death of Alphonsus the last Duke of Ferrara with an account of the pretended devolution of that dutchy unjustly usurped by Clement VIII : wherein likewise the most considerable revolutions of Italy from the year 452 to the year 1598 are briefly touched.

Title

The history of the house of Esté, from the time of Forrestus until the death of Alphonsus the last Duke of Ferrara with an account of the pretended devolution of that dutchy unjustly usurped by Clement VIII : wherein likewise the most considerable revolutions of Italy from the year 452 to the year 1598 are briefly touched.

Author

Craufurd, James, 17th cent.

Publication

London :: Printed by J.M. for Rich. Chiswell ...,

1681.

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Subject terms

Este family.

Clement -- VIII, -- Pope, 1536-1605.

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"The history of the house of Esté, from the time of Forrestus until the death of Alphonsus the last Duke of Ferrara with an account of the pretended devolution of that dutchy unjustly usurped by Clement VIII : wherein likewise the most considerable revolutions of Italy from the year 452 to the year 1598 are briefly touched." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34943.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• illustration
• title page
• TO HER Royal Highness MARY of ESTE Dutchess of ALBANY, &c.
• THE PREFACE.
• THE CONTENTS.
• ERRATA.
• CHAP. I.
• CHAP. II.
• CHAP. III.
• CHAP. IV.
• CHAP. V.
• CHAP. VI.
• CHAP. VII.
• CHAP. VIII.
• CHAP. IX.
• CHAP. X.
• CHAP. XI.
• CHAP. XII.
• CHAP. XIII.
• CHAP. XIV.
• CHAP. XV.
• abstract
  • Ristretto delle Ragioni che la Serenissima Casa d'Esté ha colla Camera Apostolica fat∣to al tempo d'Urbano 8vo, dove si mostrera che fosse in∣sufficiente è Lontano della Ragione il pretesto di Cle∣mente 8vo d'occupare li stati del Duca Caesare.
  • An Abstract of the Rights of the most Serene House of Esté, a∣gainst the Apostolical Chamber in the time of Urban the 8th, by which it will appear, that Cle∣ment the Eighths pretence for seizing upon Duke Caesars Ter∣ritories was most weak and un∣reasonable.