Tullia d'Aragona

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Tullia d'Aragona


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Rome, Italy
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Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556) was born in Rome and raised there and in Siena by her mother. Like her mother, she became a courtesan, and like other courtesans who wished to move in the upper reaches of society, she was trained in music and literature. When she was in her 20s, she and her mother began to move from city to city but always returned to Rome. During the later 1530s they were in Venice and Ferrara. In both cities Aragona interacted with the philosophic and literary elite, her home became a salon, and her writing began to be noticed. It was in Ferrara that Aragona met Girolamo Muzio, the courtier and poet who would become her literary editor and promoter. ...more

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“It is not holiness, but arrogance displayed
to take away the greatest gift—free will—
bestowed by God from the beginning of time.”
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