Post by SHOC Research Group - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

🚨 New publication alert! In her latest article for Historical Research, Imma Petito reconsiders Federico da Montefeltro’s investiture into the Order of the Garter, offering a fresh interpretation of the diplomatic strategies linking Naples, Rome, and England in 1474–5. Federico emerges not only as a leading figure of the Italian Renaissance, but as a central actor within the wider diplomatic networks of the Kingdom of Naples. “Federico da Montefeltro, architect of all undertakings of Ferrante” re-dates the Grottaferrata ceremony to early 1475 and reveals how what appears as courtly pageantry was in fact a carefully staged act of Aragonese diplomacy. Drawing on Milanese dispatches, Urbino correspondence, and curial records, the article reconstructs Ferrante I’s winter progress and the mission of English envoys Bartholomew Rivers and John Sante, showing how ritual, gifts, and political theatre coordinated an anti-French strategy across courts. 📖 A must-read for scholars of late medieval diplomacy, political ritual, and fifteenth century transregional networks! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eKjBsqzM