Articles on Mantua, Including - House of Gonzaga, War of the Mantuan Succession, Convention of Mantua, Mostarda, Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua, Council of Mantua (1459), Siege of Mantua (1799), Bonacolsi, List of Mantuan Consorts (Paperback)

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