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1 online resource (392 pages) |
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Women and Gender in the Early Modern World |
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Women and gender in the early modern world.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 CHIARA GAMBACORTA AND THE HISTORY OF SAN DOMENICO OF PISA; The Life of Chiara Gambacorta; Pisa in the Fifteenth Century; Dominican Culture at San Domenico; Books and the Dominican Ideal; 2 THE SETTING: THE BUILDINGS OF SAN DOMENICO; Building San Domenico; Cloister and the Problem of Convent Architecture; Later Alterations to the Complex at San Domenico; 3 THE IMPACT OF THE FOUNDRESS; Chiara Gambacorta as Patron; The Image of the Foundress; A Candidate for Sainthood; 4 THE CONVENT AUDIENCE |
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Brides of Christ and Virgin MartyrsMartha and Mary Magdalene; Monastic Ideals; The Bridegroom; 5 AN OBSERVANT IDENTITY; Dominican Traditions in Works of Art for San Domenico; From Dominican to Observant: Echoes of San Marco; 6 NUNS AND THE WORLD; Family Ties; Clients and Patrons; Nuns and Soldiers; 7 PATRONS AND PAINTERS; Nuns as Patrons; Doing It Themselves: Nuns as Artists; Conclusion; Catalogue of Renaissance Paintings from San Domenico; Appendix 1 Inventories of Works of Art and Other Objects from San Domenico; Appendix 2 Census; Appendix 3 Renaissance Prioresses |
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Appendix 4 The Women of San DomenicoAppendix 5 Selected Letters From and About the Nuns; Appendix 6 Relics in San Domenico by 1557; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351943017 |
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1351943014 |
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