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Nuns and nunneries in Renaissance Florence / Sharon T. Strocchia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strocchia, Sharon T., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monastic and religious life of women--Italy--Florence--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Monastic and religious life of women--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.
- Florence (Italy)--Church history.
- Florence (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book is a valuable text for students and scholars in early modern European history, religion, women's studies, and economic history.
- Contents:
- The growth of Florentine convents
- Nuns, neighbors, and kinsmen
- The Renaissance convent economy
- Invisible hands: Renaissance nuns at work
- Contesting the boundaries of enclosure.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9862-5
- OCLC:
- 647917309
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