A Convent Tale: A Century of Sisterhood in Spanish MilanRoutledge, 16 gru 2013 - 256 Power often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactive pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers. |
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... Torelli , Countess of Guastalla , 28 5. The Sfondrati family tree , II4 6. Antonio Campi , Beheading of St. Paul , 127 7. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Assumption of the Virgin , 128 8. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Ascension of Christ ...
... Torelli , Countess of Guastalla , 28 5. The Sfondrati family tree , II4 6. Antonio Campi , Beheading of St. Paul , 127 7. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Assumption of the Virgin , 128 8. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Ascension of Christ ...
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... Torelli , Countess of Guastalla , 28 5. The Sfondrati family tree , II4 6. Antonio Campi , Beheading of St. Paul , 127 7. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Assumption of the Virgin , 128 8. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Ascension of Christ ...
... Torelli , Countess of Guastalla , 28 5. The Sfondrati family tree , II4 6. Antonio Campi , Beheading of St. Paul , 127 7. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Assumption of the Virgin , 128 8. Antonio and Vincenzo Campi , Ascension of Christ ...
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... Torelli 1533 Pope Paul III charters the Clerks Regular of St. Paul ( Barnabites ) 1534-37 Francesco Sfondrati purchases lands and titles from the Dukes of Milan 1535 Death of Francesco II Sforza , last native Duke of Milan ; Milan is ...
... Torelli 1533 Pope Paul III charters the Clerks Regular of St. Paul ( Barnabites ) 1534-37 Francesco Sfondrati purchases lands and titles from the Dukes of Milan 1535 Death of Francesco II Sforza , last native Duke of Milan ; Milan is ...
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... Torelli , expressed her disgust with the changes and withdrew , taking her fortune with her . The nuns sued her for breach of promise and went on without her . The Angelics ' enclosure , in 1552 , foreshadowed sweeping changes in all ...
... Torelli , expressed her disgust with the changes and withdrew , taking her fortune with her . The nuns sued her for breach of promise and went on without her . The Angelics ' enclosure , in 1552 , foreshadowed sweeping changes in all ...
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... Torelli , the foundress of our convent , corresponded just as intensely with men as with women . And just as often , nuns identified with and furthered the interests of their natal fam- ilies and their class over the convent , or , to ...
... Torelli , the foundress of our convent , corresponded just as intensely with men as with women . And just as often , nuns identified with and furthered the interests of their natal fam- ilies and their class over the convent , or , to ...
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THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE INQUISITION 15501552 | 57 |
THE RISE OF The Sfondrati Dynasty 15651590 | 113 |
EPILOGUE | 179 |
Sources and Abbreviations | 189 |
Bibliography | 255 |
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