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Women's agency and self-fashioning in early modern Tuscany (1300-1600) / edited by Simona Lorenzini and Deborah Pellegrino.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Kent State University European studies ; 8.
- Kent State University European studies ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Italy--Tuscany.
- Women.
- Women--Italy--Tuscany--Social life and customs.
- Women--Social life and customs.
- Tuscany (Italy)--History--1434-1737.
- Tuscany (Italy).
- Italy--Tuscany.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Roma : Viella, 2022
- Summary:
- "The women profiled in these chapters come from diverse cultural, social, economic and spiritual backgrounds: from patrician heads of household to widows, from saints to artistic patrons, each of the women featured in this interdisciplinary study offers us fresh insight and a broader perspective on the position and role of female protagonists in the history of early modern Tuscany. Employing a variety of methodological approaches, and aided by new archival material, this volume examines women's ordinary and extraordinary experiences through their writings, cultural and religious activities, social and political networks, and commercial endeavors. In so doing, the volume raises insightful questions about the scope of women's accomplishments and provides new direction for the future study of women's agency and self-fashioning."--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Languages of Fashioning: Catherine of Siena and Bridget of Sweden / Jane Tylus
- A Flower in the Garden: Devotional Advice and Rhetorical Strategies in Brigida Baldinotti's Letters / Simona Lorenzini
- Widowhood and Devotion: The Ricordanze Spirituali of the Exemplary Ginevra Brancacci / Deborah Pellegrino
- Family Affairs: How a Woman Cared for Her Casa and Its Honour in Cinquecento Siena / Elena Brizio
- Lapa Acciaiuoli: A Businesswoman / Elsa Filosa
- Bronzino's Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo with Her Son Francesco: A New Public Image for the Duchess of Florence / Bruce Edelstein
- "In quella casa e poca pace dove gallina canta e gallo tace": Women's Agency in Early Modern Tuscan Proverbs / Daniela D'Eugenio.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788833138688
- 8833138682
- OCLC:
- 1343930864
- Publisher Number:
- 99991868569
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