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• Autore/i
  Pillon, L., Vidic, F.
• Titolo pubblicazione
  «Qui si tratta della reputacion di Casa nostra». Filippo e Giovanni Gasparo Cobenzl
• Curatore/i
  Vidic, F., Stasi, A.
• Titolo del volume in cui è pubblicata
  I Cobenzl. Una famiglia europea tra politica, arte e diplomazia (1508-1823)
• Istituzione coinvolta nella pubblicazione
  Archivio di Stato di Gorizia
• Casa editrice
  Lithos
• Luogo pubblicazione
  Roma
• Da pagina
  267
• A pagina
  380
• Abstract
  The successors of Giovanni (Hans) Cobenzl, his nephew and heir Filippo Cobenzl (1567-1626) – lieutenant in Trieste (1597) and Gorizia (1607), vicedomino in Carniola (1602) – and the latter’s son Giovanni Gasparo Cobenzl (1610-1655), the first to bear this name, are still largely unknown. This contribution, based on an extensive use of the Cobenzl archive documents, is devoted to fill the gap. Filippo tried to continue the work of his uncle Giovanni, however without being able to achieve the same brilliant career. He was a faithful servant of the archdukes Charles and Ferdinand of Inner Austria, but considered himself to be constantly surpassed by others, though he obtained a series of valid results. A similar commitment – inspired by a desire for the family’s success – seemed to animate Giovanni Gasparo. Also due to the relationships he had established through marriage (a guarantee for economic and status improvement), he was implicated in the feuds that in the 17th century tore apart the nobility of Gorizia – and was finally overwhelmed by the interests of the dominant elite. These two figures were also largely involved in the administrative, religious and economic life of Inner Austria. In the family archive, a huge number of unpublished testimonies emerges as a sign of the Cobenzls’ participation to the main issues of the early Baroque Gorizia, thus making possible a fresh and surprising picture of this part of the Habsburg realms over more than half a century.
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