Creative Women in Medieval and Early Modern Italy: A Religious and Artistic Renaissance
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Women's Creativity in Religious Context -- 2. The Feminine Mind in Medieval Mysticism -- 3. The Authorial Role of Brother A. in the Composition of Angela of Foligno's Revelations -- 4. Women...
| Résumé: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Women's Creativity in Religious Context -- 2. The Feminine Mind in Medieval Mysticism -- 3. The Authorial Role of Brother A. in the Composition of Angela of Foligno's Revelations -- 4. Women and the Production of Religious Literature in the Vernacular, 1300-1500 -- 5. Urban Spaces, Women's Networks, and the Lay Apostolate in the Siena of Catherine Benincasa -- 6. Chiara Gambacorta of Pisa as Patroness of the Arts -- 7. Piety and Patronage: Women and the Early Jesuits -- 8. Per Speculum in Enigmate: Failed Saints, Artists, and Self-Construction of the Female Body in Early Modern Italy -- 9. The Commentary on the Rule of Clare of Assisi by Maria Domitilla Galluzzi -- 10. The Mystic Humanism of Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607) -- 11. Ursula and Catherine: The Marriage of Virgins in the Sixteenth Century -- 12. Suor Maria Clemente Ruoti, Playwright and Academician -- 13. The Making Of Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana's Componimenti Musicali (1623) -- 14. Four Views of Milanese Nuns' Music -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index of Modern Authors -- General Index -- Backmatter |
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| Type de support: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 1512806846 |
| Accès: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.9783/9781512806847 |