Dynastische Politik und Legitimationsstrategien der della Rovere: Potenziale und Grenzen der Herzöge von Urbino (1508–1631)

After the demise of the House of Montefeltro in 1508, rule shifted to the House of della Rovere, situated in the small but culturally important and geostrategically well-positioned Duchy of Urbino. This study sheds new light on the hypothesis about the cultural-political rise and fall of the Urbinos in the 16th century.