Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice (Women in Culture and Society Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780226769363
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Feminism; History; History - General History; History: World; Christianity - History - Catholic; Europe - Italy; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Christian Theology - General; Renaissance; 16th century; Italy; Monasticism and religious orde; Monasticism and religious orders for women; Nobility; Social conditions; Venice; Women
First sentence: In the fifteenth century, monachization rates among upper-class women all over Italy began to rise steadily, reaching an unprecedented peak in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.