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1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations |
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Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World |
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Gendering the late medieval and early modern world.
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| Contents |
Illustrations, Tables, Figures And Documents Abbreviations Acknowledgements & Dedication Introduction Chapter One -- Genevra Sforza de' Bentivoglio (ca. 1441-1507): Lost and Found in Renaissance Italy Chapter Two -- Twice Bentivoglio: Genevra Sforza On The Marriage Market (1446-1454 and 1463-1464) Chapter Three -- Genevra Sforza And Bentivoglio Family Strategies: Creating And Extending Kinship On A Massive Scale Chapter Four -- Genevra Sforza In Her Own Words: Patron And Client Relationships From Her Correspondence Chapter Five -- The Wheel Of Fortune: Genevra Sforza And The Fall Of The Bentivoglio (1506-1507) Chapter Six -- Making and Dispelling Fake History: Genevra Sforza And Her 'Black Legends' (1506-present) Conclusions |
| Summary |
Genevra Sforza (ca. 1441-1507) lived her long life near the apex of Italian Renaissance society as wife of two successive de facto rulers of Bologna: Sante then Giovanni II Bentivoglio. Placed twice there without a dowry by Duke Francesco Sforza as part of a larger Milanese plan, Genevra served her family by fulfilling the gendered role demanded of her by society, most notably by contributing eighteen children, accepting many illegitimates born to Giovanni II, and helping arrange their future alliances for the success of the family at large. Based on contemporary archival research conducted across Italy, this biography presents Genevra as the object of academic study for the first time. The book explores how Genevra's life-story, filled with a multitude of successes appropriate for an elite fifteenth-century female, was transformed into a concordant body of misogynistic legends about how she destroyed the Bentivoglio and the city of Bologna |
| Analysis |
History, Art History, and Archaeology |
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HIS |
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Early Modern Studies |
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EARLY MOD |
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Gender and Sexuality Studies |
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GEND & SEXU |
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Renaissance Italy, Bentivoglio, Genevra Sforza, Women's History, Family History |
| Notes |
"Amsterdam University Press" |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023) |
| Subject |
Sforza, Genevra, approximately 1441-1507
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Women -- Italy -- Bologna -- Biography
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European history.
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
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HISTORY / Europe / Italy.
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HISTORY / Renaissance.
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HISTORY / Women *
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Manners and customs
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Women
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Gender studies: women and girls.
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European history: Renaissance.
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Social and cultural history.
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| SUBJECT |
Bologna (Italy) -- History -- To 1506.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015434
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Bologna (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
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| Subject |
Italy -- Bologna
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048552870 |
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9048552877 |
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