Giulio Cesare Brancaccio

Jonathan Ligrani (Columbia University)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born c. 1520
Died c. 1586
Activity 1535-1586

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Courtier
Musician
Singer
Soldier

Resources

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Born into a noble family of the Nido

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in the Kingdom of Naples, Giulio Cesare Brancaccio undertook a career as a solider, courtier, and bass singer. In the absence of extant documents reporting Brancaccio’s life span, scholars have approximated his birth to around 1520 and his death to around 1586. Common for Neapolitan nobility at the time, he received an education centered on literary and humanistic studies, musical training, and military skills—each of which served the reputation and strategies he utilized for social and political mobility in his primary centers of activity, namely, Naples, France, Rome, and Ferrara. Brancaccio’s life illuminates the changing climate of courtier identity in early modern Italy, mirroring the gradual breakdown of the noble self as a…

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Citation: Ligrani, Jonathan. "Giulio Cesare Brancaccio". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 March 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14111, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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