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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 6 Copyright 7 CONTENTS 8 Table of Illustrations 12 Abbreviations 17 Foreword 19 PART I Women and the court 24 1 Civility, courtesy and women in the Italian Renaissance 25 2 Women as patrons and clients in the courts of Quattrocento Italy 41 3 Isabella Sforza: beyond the stereotype 58 4 Writing for women rulers in Quattrocento Italy: Antonio Cornazzano 80 PART II Women and the Church 98 5 Christian good manners: spiritual and monastic rules in the Quattro- and Cinquecento 99 6 Benedictine communities in Venetian society: the convent of S. Zaccaria 115 7 History writing from within the convent in Cinquecento Italy: the nuns’ version 128 8 To take or not to take the veil: selected Italian case histories, the Renaissance and after 145 9 The Virgin Mary: consoler, protector and social worker in Quattrocento miracle tales 161 PART III Legal constraints and ethical precepts 188 10 Women and criminal law: the notion of diminished responsibility in Prospero Farinaccio (1544-1618) and other Renaissance jurists 189 11 Women between the law and social reality in early Renaissance Lucca 205 12 ‘Amore maritale’: advice on love and marriage in the second half of the Cin

Author

Panizza, Letizia

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