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.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2012-01-28
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..