Princes Body - Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine

Informationen zum Autor Valeria Finucci is Professor of Italian and Theater Studies and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Duke University. Klappentext Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua! Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality! reproduction! beauty! and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Zusammenfassung Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua! Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality! reproduction! beauty! and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions.

Product details

• Authors: Valeria Finucci, Finucci Valeria
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9780674725454
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72545-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; European History, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance