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Parlour Games and the Public Life of Women in Renaissance Italy / George W. McClure.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClure, George W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Italy--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Women.
- Women--Italy--Intellectual life--16th century.
- Women--Italy--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- Indoor games--Social aspects--Italy--History--16th century.
- Indoor games.
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.
- Contents:
- The Renaissance Theory of Play
- The Academy of the Intronati and Sienese Women (1525-1555)
- The Games of Girolamo and Scipione Bargagli (1563-1569)
- Fortunes, Medals, Emblems : The Public Face of Private Women
- The Birth of the Assicurate: Italy's First Female Academy (1654-1704)
- Girolamo Gigli: The Legacy of the Sienese Games and Sienese Women.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references(p. [287]-305) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)
- ISBN:
- 9781442666139
- 1442666137
- 9781442666122
- 1442666129
- OCLC:
- 852803607
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