David Rizzio at the Scottish Court
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-5241-7 (ISBN)
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This book studies the multifaceted impact of David Rizzio (c. 1533-1566), the Italian musician and courtier whose murder at the Palace of Holyroodhouse reshaped the destiny of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Remembered as a figure of scandal and romance, Rizzio has inspired fascination for over 450 years. This book traces his many reimaginings across Britain and continental Europe, from early diplomatic newsletters to various art forms including painting, literature and music.
By following his story across Scotland, England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, chapters in the book highlight the strikingly transnational reach of his legend. They show how Rizzio became a cultural icon and reassess his enduring significance in Scottish/British cultural memory and identity and their wider European contexts.
Emanuela Patti is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Pasolini After Dante (2016) and Opera aperta: Italian electronic literature from the 1960s to the present (2022).
Introduction - David Rizzio: History and myth across arts and media (Emanuela Patti, University of Edinburgh)
Part 1: History: Life and Death of David Rizzio as a Courtier
1. David Rizzio. Portrait of a Secretary [and a Courtier] (Lucinda Byatt, University of Edinburgh)
2. David Rizzio’s murder in the Avvisi Medici (Carlotta Paltrinieri, Royal Holloway)
Part 2: Painting: David Rizzio’s Visual Representation across Centuries
3. The Representation of David Rizzio: Musician, Lover, and Romantic Hero (Alessandra Zamperini, University of Verona)
4. David Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots: victims of progress in Sir William Allan’s ‘The Murder of Rizzio’, 1833 (Robin Baillie, University of Lincoln and the National Galleries of Scotland)
Part 3: Music and Opera: the Myth of David Rizzio
5. A Risorgimento Première: Vincenzo Capecelatro’s David Riccio (1850) (Terence Sinclair, University of Cambridge)
6. The Rizzio Guitar: a little Scotch mist? (John Reeve, former Chair of the Lute society)
Part 4: Literature, Cinema and Theatre: Portrayals of David Rizzio as ‘Other’
7. Romantic to contemporary mythscapes: the entangled otherness of David Rizzio in Scottish literature (Carla Sassi, University of Verona)
8. A Portrayal of David Rizzio's queerness in 21st century cinema (Domenico Di Rosa, University of Glasgow)
Appendix
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Visual and Material Cultures of Scotland |
| Zusatzinfo | 19 colour and 28 B&W images |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-5241-4 / 1399552414 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-5241-7 / 9781399552417 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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