Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society (LEGENDA) (Legenda) (Legenda)

"An impressive collection of 29 essays by British, American and Italian scholars on important historical, artistic, cultural, social, legal, literary and theatrical aspects of women's contributions to the Italian Renaissance, in its broadest sense. Many contributions are the result of first-hand archival research and are illustrated with numerous unpublished or little-known reproductions or original material. The subjects include: women and the court ( Dilwyn Knox, Evelyn S Welch, Francine Daenens and Diego Zancani ); women and the church ( Gabriella Zarri, Victoria Primhak, Kate Lowe, Francesca Medioli and Ruth Chavasse ); legal constraints and ethical precepts ( Marina Graziosi, Christine Meek, Brian Richardson, Jane Bridgeman and Daniela De Bellis ); female models of comportment ( Marta Ajmarm Paola Tinagli and Sara F Matthews Grieco ); women and the stage ( Richard Andrews, Maggie Guensbergberg, Rosemary E Bancroft-Marcus ); women and letters ( Diana Robin, Virginia Cox, Pamela J Benson, Judy Rawson, Conor Fahy, Giovanni Aquilecchia, Adriana Chemello, Giovanna Rabitti and Nadia Cannata Salamone )." Civility, Courtesy And Women In The Italian Renaissance / Dilwyn Knox -- Women As Patrons And Clients In The Courts Of Quattrocento Italy / Evelyn S. Welch -- Isabella Sforza : Beyond The Stereotype / Francine Daenens -- Writing For Women Rulers In Quattrocento Italy : Antonio Cornazzano / Diego Zancani -- Christian Good Manners : Spiritual And Monastic Rules In The Quattro- And Cinquecento / Gabriella Zarri -- Benedictine Communities In Venetian Society : The Convent Of S. Zaccaria / Victoria Primhak -- History Writing From Within The Convent In Cinquecento Italy : The Nuns' Version / Kate Lowe -- To Take Or Not To Take The Veil : Selected Italian Case Histories, The Renaissance And After / Francesca Medioli -- The Virgin Mary : Consoler, Protector And Social Worker In Quattrocento Miracle Tales / Ruth Chavasse -- Women And Criminal Law : The Notion Of Diminished Responsibility In Prospero Farinaccio (1544-1618) And Other Renaissance Jurists / Marina Graziosi --^ Women Between The Law And Social Reality In Early Renaissance Lucca / Christine Meek -- 'amore Maritale' : Advice On Love And Marriage In The Second Half Of The Cinquecento / Brian Richardson -- 'pagare Le Pompe' : Why Quattrocento Sumptuary Laws Did Not Work / Jane Bridgeman -- Attacking Sumptuary Laws In Seicento Venice : Arcangela Tarabotti / Daniela De Bellis -- Exemplary Women In Renaissance Italy : Ambivalent Models Of Behaviour? / Marta Ajmar -- Womanly Virtues In Quattrocento Florentine Marriage Furnishings / Paola Tinagli -- Persuasive Pictures : Didactic Prints And The Construction Of The Social Identity Of Women In Sixteenth-century Italy / Sara F. Matthews Greico -- Isabella Andreini And Others : Women On Stage In The Late Cinquecento / Richard Andrews -- Gender Deceptions : Cross-dressing In Italian Renaissance Comedy / Maggie Günsberg -- Attitudes To Women In The Drama Of Venetian Crete / Rosemary E. Bancroft-marcus --^ Humanism And Feminism In Laura Cereta's Public Letters / Diana Robin -- Seen But Not Heard : The Role Of Women Speakers In Cinquecento Literary Dialogue / Virginia Cox -- Transformations Of The 'buona Gualdrada' Legend From Boccaccio To Vasari : A Study In The Politics Of Florentine Narrative / Pamela J. Benson -- Marrying For Love : Society In The Quattrocento Novella / Judy Rawson -- Women And Italian Cinquecento Literary Academics / Conor Fahy -- Aretino's Sei Giornate : Literary Parody And Social Reality / Giovanni Aquilecchia -- The Rhetoric Of Eulogy In Lucrezia Marinells's La Nobiltà Et L'eccellenza Delle Donne / Adriana Chemello -- Vittoria Colonna As Role Model For Cinquecento Women Poets / Giovanna Rabitti -- Women And The Making Of The Italian Literary Canon / Nadia Cannata Salamone. Edited By Letizia Panizza. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.