TY - BOOK AU - Maria Grazia Pernis AU - Laurie Schneider Adams PY - 2021 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag TI - Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta T2 - The Eagle and the Elephant UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1096443 N2 - An interdisciplinary study of two Renaissance princes, this book discusses the feud between Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta and its effect on their patronage. As each vied for political, economic, and artistic domination over the other, they were supported by young, gifted wives. In their struggle for power, the role of the humanist Pope Pius II was of paramount importance. KW - Power, Pope Pius, Renaissance, patronage, power LA - English ER -