Abstract
This essay explores the figure of Orso Orsini, count of Nola and duke of Ascoli, capable and esteemed condottiere, and prominent politician in fifteenth-century Italy. In recent years, the abandonment of an exclusively monarchic-centric perspective has led the historians to reconsider with greater balance the role of barons in the Aragonese Kingdom. By analyzing various sources, on one hand the paper offers a first reflection on the process of construction of the image that Orso realized; on the other hand, it shows the inclusion of the Count of Nola in those cultural networks, through which the reflections of humanism spread.
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