Bradamante
Sign in to saveBradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Bradamante
- Character.image
- Bradamante Valorosa (Antonio Tempesta).jpg
- Character.caption
- Bradamante valorosa (1597) by Antonio Tempesta
- Character.first
- Orlando Innamorato
- Character.gender
- Female
- Character.occupation
- Knight
- Character.spouse
- Ruggiero
- Character.religion
- Christianity
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary character
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Ruggiero
- Sibling
- Renaud de Montauban
- Occupation
- knight
- Religion
- Christianity
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Image
- Orlando Furioso 6.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Bradamante
- present in work
- Orlando furioso
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- In ''Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Orlando Furioso''
- In later works
- See also
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
Bradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art.
==In Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso== thumb|''Bradamante at Merlin's Tomb'' by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard
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