House of Antelminelli

House of Antelminelli

The House of Antelminelli was a noble family from Lucca. The family was involved in the struggle between the Guelph and the Ghibellini parties in Tuscany. The leader of the family was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibellini leader. He became the Duke of Lucca after taking power from the Quartigiani family.

References

*cite book | first= Louis| last= Green| year=1986| title= Castruccio Castracani: A study on the Origins and Character of a Fourteenth-Century Italian Despotism | chapter= | editor= | others= | pages=| publisher= Oxford| id= | url= | authorlink=

External links

* [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/condottieri/c/0428%20%20%20%20%20%20CASTRUCCIO%20CASTRACANI.htm Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 - 1550: Castruccio Castracani]
* [http://www.festival-studies.org/festive-research-center/florentine-prisonners.html Martin W. Walsh: LUCCA MARTINMAS, 1325: The Despicable Festive Humiliation of Florentine Prisoners of War by Castruccio Castracani (2004)]
* [http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/m/machiavelli/index.htm Niccolò Machiavelli]
* [http://www.online-literature.com/machiavelli/1068/ Niccolò Machiavelli: "Vita di Castruccio"]
* [http://colet.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/iww/navigate?/projects/artflb/databases/efts/IWW/fulltext/IMAGE/.48 Costanza Moscheni: Castruccio - poema epico (1811)]
* [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/texts/htmlfiles/A0338-T002/ Domenico Luigi Moscheni: Notizie istoriche intorno la vita di Castruccio degli Antelminelli Castracani (1811)]
* [http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/43/2398/frameset.html Mary Shelley: Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca (1823)]
* [http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3journal/Issue%20one/lillacrusifilla.html Lilla Maria Crisafulli: Letitia Elizabeth Landon's "Castruccio Castrucani": Gender Through History]

Sources:Deutsch Wikipedia [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castruccio_Castracani]


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