born in 1474 under the sign of Virgo. His father was introduced in the court of Ferrara. His mother belonged to an aristocratic family of Reggio Emilia.
of Este in the town that time had Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia.
have control of the mouth of the Po, and the road that connects Venice to the South was allied with the Holy Roman Empire. Ferrara when he clashed with Venice managed to win thanks to this alliance. Ferrara was an important river port, the Duke of Ferrara then created a port at the mouth of the Po Mesola, there he built a castle (Castle of Alcina in the Orlando Furioso)
Orlando Furioso: magic theme: white magic, black magic .
With the construction of the port began the competition with Venice, which at that time was employed against the Turks. He became a great center of trade for wool, which started from Abruzzo Puglia.
Ariosto studied law at Ferrara. Later he had contacts with the most prestigious literary gravitating around the court of Ferrara: Gregory Ellada, Alberto Pio (lord of Carpi, his family was the palace of Carpi), Ercole Strozzi (Florence), and Pietro Bembo (Venice, made the career in the church as a layman living: travel, luxury, women).
Ariosto has 9 brothers and sisters. His father died when he was young. Being the eldest son has the task of sharing the wealth with his brothers, maintain, and provide a dowry to marry off his sister.
writes satire. Satire = single genre invented by the Romans. From Lanx Satura: a plate of early southern characterized by various types fruit. The satire is a work ethic, moral behavior of men. Flacco is master of satire. Ariosto's satire is written in Italian. These are the arguments that the philosophical mold, marked the daily lives of Ferrara.
Ariosto lived a quiet life, was never the center of scandals. He was a man of desires and responsibilities. Waiting to get married until it was the last of her sisters. Fell in love with a woman already married, that following the death of a spouse married.
Summary page of the book. 385-389
1474 was born in Reggio Emilia. He studied law at the firm of Ferrara. Becomes 24 years of salaried Court: Bembo knows that resides at that time in Ferrara.
1500 her father died: they bear the large family.
1502 and captain of the fortress of Canossa.
1503-1517 is at the service of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este. Lets refusing to follow him to Agria, Hungary. At the same time he wrote the Orlando Furioso, published in 1516.
1518 enters the service of Duke Alfonso d'Este. Period of crisis for him and the Italian peninsula. The salary is due to him by the Duke is intermittent.
In 1522 he was awarded the Commissioner of the Garfagnana, a land of turmoil and bandits on the border of the duchy. Three years of office there, bring to light his great qualities as an administrator, diplomat and the ability to use cunning.
After the break with the cardinal made the Satires and the Five songs.
1526 back to Ferrara, his life improves. The Duke offers the most prestigious positions. He secretly married with Alessandra Benucci, widow of Tito Strozzi. 1533 to 59 years died in Ferrara.
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