Marie Christine Thérèse du Puy-Montbrun was the niece of the famous cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis. She followed him to Italy when the prelate was sent to Rome as ambassador of the French court at the papacy. The essay investigates the role of Marie Christine Thérèse within the worldly hospitality and diplomatic strategy put in place by her uncle, also analyzing the 51 manuscript notebooks that she addressed to one of her two daughters. The woman died in Rome in 1779 at the age of 40, fifteen years before the cardinal.
Marie Christine Thérèse du Puy-Montbrun fu la nipote del celebre cardinale François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis. Ella lo seguì in Italia quando il prelato fu inviato a Roma in qualità di ambasciatore della corte francese presso il papato. Il saggio carca di indagare il ruolo di Marie Christine Thérèse all'interno della ospitalità mondana e della strategia diplomatica messa in atto dallo zio, analizzando anche i 51 quaderni manoscritti che la marchesa indirizzò a una delle sue due figlie. La donna morì a Roma nel 1779 all'età di 40 anni, quindici anni prima del cardinale.
Héritière matérielle et spirituelle d'un grand homme: la Marquise du Puy-Montbrun, nièce du cardinal de Bernis / Lirosi, Alessia. - STAMPA. - (In corso di stampa), pp. ...?-...?. ( Le cardinal de Bernis (1715-1794) Médiateur et observateur de l’Europe monarchique et révolutionnaire Roma 15-16 Ottobre 2015).
Héritière matérielle et spirituelle d'un grand homme: la Marquise du Puy-Montbrun, nièce du cardinal de Bernis
Alessia Lirosi
In corso di stampa
Abstract
Marie Christine Thérèse du Puy-Montbrun was the niece of the famous cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis. She followed him to Italy when the prelate was sent to Rome as ambassador of the French court at the papacy. The essay investigates the role of Marie Christine Thérèse within the worldly hospitality and diplomatic strategy put in place by her uncle, also analyzing the 51 manuscript notebooks that she addressed to one of her two daughters. The woman died in Rome in 1779 at the age of 40, fifteen years before the cardinal.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


