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A veil of silence : women and sound in Renaissance Italy / Julia Rombough.
Van Pelt Library HQ1149.I8 R663 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rombough, Julia, 1987- author.
- Series:
- I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Italy--Florence--Social conditions--History.
- Women.
- Noise--Social aspects--Italy--Florence--History.
- Noise.
- Silence--Social aspects--Italy--Florence--History.
- Silence.
- Domestic space--Italy--Florence--History.
- Domestic space.
- City and town life--Italy--Florence--History.
- City and town life.
- Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737.
- Florence (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 243 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Julia Rombough explores the regulation of sound in women's residential institutions in early modern Florence. Silence was tied to ideals of feminine purity and spiritual discipline, yet enclosed women still laughed, shouted, sang, and conversed. A Veil of Silence offers a revealing history of the political and spiritual meanings of the senses"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674295810
- 0674295811
- OCLC:
- 1396059371
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