Gender and Society in Renaissance Italy

Informationen zum Autor Judith C. Brown, Robert C. Davis Zusammenfassung Offering an in-depth synthesis of recent scholarship in the field, this major book presents a broad reconstruction of the Renaissance in Italy as both a social and gendered experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. PART ONE: The geography of gender in the Renaissance. 2. Gender and the rites of honour. PART TWO: The social foundations of gender in Renaissance Italy. 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. 7. Gender and religious institutions. PART FOUR: The Renaissance of the spirit. 8. Spiritual kinship. 9. Gender, religious institutions and social discipline: the reform of the regulars. 10. Gender and religious representation. Suggested further readings. Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Judith C. Brown, Judith C. Davis Brown, Brown Judith C., Robert C. Davis
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138158337
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15833-7
• Seiten: 268
• Serie: Women And Men In History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Italy, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance