Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy

Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 075466953X
ISBN-13 : 9780754669531
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Download or read book Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy written by Katherine A. McIver and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By looking in a new way at works of art and acts of patronage, the volume restores to visibility some women who were previously invisible in the historical record, and offers a more nuanced understanding of the place of women and gender in early modern Italy.


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