Letters to her sons, 1447-1470 / Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi, edited by Judith Bryce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra, 1407-1471, author.

Contributor:

Bryce, Judith, editor.

Series:

The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Series

The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Series ; v.46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--Italy--Correspondence--Florence.

Nobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Tempe, Arizona : Iter Press : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, [2016]

Summary:

The seventy-three surviving letters written by Florentine widow, Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c.1406-1471), to her distant sons first appeared in print well over a century ago, but are here translated into English in their entirety for the first time.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Other Voice

2. The Life of Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi:The Intersection of Private and Public Domains

3. Alessandra and the Genre of the Familiar Letter

4. Writing as a Mother

5. The Afterlife of the Letters

6. A Note on the Translation and Edition

Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi: Letters to Her Sons

Abbreviations

Weights and Measures

Currency

Time

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-86698-720-7

OCLC:

1369648707