ellauri033.html on line 1075: Eleonora d´Este is best known as the beloved of Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). In 1565, Tasso was 21 when he first met the beautiful 28-year-old Eleonora at the court of Alfonso, and he was quickly infatuated. An indiscreet remark made by one of the courtiers regarding the poet´s veneration of the princess caused Tasso to challenge the offender. The courtier, along with his three brothers, attacked Tasso, but others put an end to the duel. Alphonso, incensed by this outburst, sent Tasso away from the court, where he remained subject to the duke´s call.
ellauri033.html on line 1076: According to legend, Tasso wrote verses to his beloved Eleonora that touched her heart. A few years later, at the wedding of one of the Gonzaga family, celebrated at the court of Este, Tasso kissed the princess Eleonora on the cheek. Furious, Alphonso turned coolly to his courtiers and remarked, "What a great pity that the finest genius of the age has become suddenly mad!" The duke had Tasso shut up in the hospital of St. Anna in Ferrara. (In actuality, Tasso had been beset by delusional fears of persecution starting in 1575 and began a series of mad wanderings around 1577.)
ellauri118.html on line 873: Nemoursin herttua mukisee kun kunkku lähettää sen Ferraran herttuan pakeille justku se olis päässy uimaan Clevesin prinsessan liiveihin. Onxe se sama Tasson Ferraran herttua Alphonso vai joku toinen? Nemoursin herttua mukisee kun prinsessa Cleves laittautuu hienoxi bailuihin. Just tollasia ne on. Narsistinen loukkaus. Kazo tännepäin kun puhuttelen sinua.
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