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Meanwhile, Isabella was forced to flee to the Kingdom of Naples, where Bona would be raised and come of age. Thanks to Isabella’s wide network of family ties, she and her daughter could still count on powerful allies. Isabella’s brother-in-law was none other than Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg, who – true to the matrimonial politics of his dynasty – personally arranged Bona’s marriage to King Sigismund I of Poland. Sigismund was more than twice Bona’s age, though it would only be much later that he would come to be known as Sigismund the Old. The wedding took place on 6 December 1517, in Naples, where the not-so-young groom was represented, as was customary, by a proxy.

The wedding banquet’s menu has survived and gives us some sense of the cuisine Bona may have been accustomed to. The cosmopolitan bill of fare reflected Bona’s Neapolitan and Spanish ties, but the aesthetic of the feast – with its abundance of colourful cakes and jellies, and sweet-and-sour sauces based on vinegar and sugar – was still far more medieval than ~~Renaissance~~.

The wedding banquet’s menu has survived and gives us some sense of the cuisine Bona may have been accustomed to. The cosmopolitan bill of fare reflected Bona’s Neapolitan and Spanish ties, but the aesthetic of the feast – with its abundance of colourful cakes and jellies, and sweet-and-sour sauces based on vinegar and sugar – was still far more medieval than modern.

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 Meanwhile, Isabella was forced to flee to the Kingdom of Naples, where Bona would be raised and come of age. Thanks to Isabella’s wide network of family ties, she and her daughter could still count on powerful allies. Isabella’s brother-in-law was none other than Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg, who – true to the matrimonial politics of his dynasty – personally arranged Bona’s marriage to King Sigismund I of Poland. Sigismund was more than twice Bona’s age, though it would only be much later that he would come to be known as Sigismund the Old. The wedding took place on 6 December 1517, in Naples, where the not-so-young groom was represented, as was customary, by a proxy.
-The wedding banquet’s menu has survived and gives us some sense of the cuisine Bona may have been accustomed to. The cosmopolitan bill of fare reflected Bona’s Neapolitan and Spanish ties, but the aesthetic of the feast – with its abundance of colourful cakes and jellies, and sweet-and-sour sauces based on vinegar and sugar – was still far more medieval than Renaissance.
+The wedding banquet’s menu has survived and gives us some sense of the cuisine Bona may have been accustomed to. The cosmopolitan bill of fare reflected Bona’s Neapolitan and Spanish ties, but the aesthetic of the feast – with its abundance of colourful cakes and jellies, and sweet-and-sour sauces based on vinegar and sugar – was still far more medieval than modern.
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