

In Washington, DC, I would like to thank William Kloman for tirelessly proofreading my work. I also wish to thank the Graduate School for promoting advanced research in the humanities. I would also like to thank the members of the Italian Department at Brown University, especially Massimo Riva and Mona Delgado, for their unfailing support during my years as a graduate student. Without their steadfast guidance, the clarity and scope of my work would have suffered enormously. ivĥ PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I deeply appreciate the generous help that I received from each member of my dissertation committee: my advisor Ronald Martinez took a keen interest in this project since its inception in 2004 and suggested many of its leading insights my readers Evelyn Lincoln and Ennio Rao contributed numerous observations and suggestions. Returning home to Washington in the fall of 2000, Ranieri became the father of three children, commenced his dissertation research on Knights Hospitaller, and was appointed the primary full-time instructor at American University, acting as language coordinator for the Italian program. in Italian literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996, whereupon he began his doctoral studies at Brown University with an emphasis on medieval and Renaissance Italian literature. A Fulbright Fellow and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Ranieri received an M.A. Weber, Dean of the Graduate School iiiĤ CURRICULUM VITAE Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi was born in Rome, Italy on October 11, 1965, and moved to Washington, DC at the age of ten. Martinez, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate Council Date Evelyn Lincoln, Reader Date Ennio Rao, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date Peter M. 1 Fra Sabba da Castiglione: The Self-Fashioning of a Renaissance Knight Hospitaller by Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi B.A., University of Pennsylvania 1988 M.A., University of North Carolina 1996 Thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Italian Studies at Brown University May 2011Ģ Copyright 2011 by Ranieri Moore Cavaceppiģ This dissertation by Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi is accepted in its present form by the Department of Italian Studies as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
