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De Claris Mulieribus.
Boccaccio's On Famous Women (De claris mulieribus) is a remarkable work that contains the lives of one hundred and six women in myth and history, ranging from Eve to Boccaccio's contemporary, Queen Giovanna I of Naples. It is the first collection of women's biographies ever written an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Italica Press,
2011.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Medieval and Renaissance Texts.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Boccaccio's On Famous Women (De claris mulieribus) is a remarkable work that contains the lives of one hundred and six women in myth and history, ranging from Eve to Boccaccio's contemporary, Queen Giovanna I of Naples. It is the first collection of women's biographies ever written and the earliest source of women's biography in the West. On Famous Women has had a long and distinguished publication career and literary influence. Its impact can be seen in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in Christine de Pizan's Livre de la cité des dames, and in the work of Spencer, Alonso de Cartagena and Thomas El. |
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| Notas: | SOPHONISBA, QUEEN OF NUMIDIA. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (310 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781599102672 1599102676 |