ISBN:
9780582293267
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (268 p)
Series Statement:
Women And Men In History
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender and Society in Renaissance Italy
DDC:
305.30945
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This major new collection of essays by leading scholars of Renaissance Italy transforms many of our existing notions about Renaissance politics, economy, social life, religion, medicine, and art. All the essays are founded on original archival research and examine questions within a wide chronological and geographical framework - in fact the pan-Italian scope of the volume is one of the volume''s many attractions.〈I〉Gender and Society in Renaissance Italy〈/I〉 provides a broad, comprehensive perspective on the central role that gender concepts played in Italian Renaissance society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Glossary of Terms; Introduction; Part One: The Gendered City in Renaissance Italy; 1. The Geography of Gender in the Renaissance; 2. Gender and the Rites of Honour in Italian Renaissance Cities; Part Two: The Social Foundations of Gender; 3. Daughters and Oligarchs: Gender and the Early Renaissance State; 4. Person and Gender in the Laws; 5. Women and Work in Renaissance Italy; Part Three: The Social Body; 6. Medicine and Magic: The Healing Arts
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Gender and Sexual Culture in Renaissance ItalyPart Four: The Renaissance of the Spirit; 8. Spiritual Kinship and Domestic Devotions; 9. Gender, Religious Institutions and Social Discipline: The Reform of the Regulars ; 10. Gender, Religious Representation and Cultural Production in Early Modern Italy; Suggested Further Readings; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
