Parlour Games and the Public Life of Women in Renaissance Italy /

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Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth centur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClure, George W., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Social life and customs.
Women > Renaissance.
Women > Intellectual life.
Renaissance.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Renaissance > Italie.
Femmes > Italie > Histoire > 1450-1600 (Renaissance)
Femmes > Italie > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siecle.
Femmes > Italie > Moeurs et coutumes > 16e siecle.
Renaissance > Italy.
Indoor games > Social aspects > Italy > History > 16th century.
Women > Italy > History > Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Women > Italy > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Women > Italy > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Italy.
Italie > Moeurs et coutumes > 16e siecle.
Italy > Social life and customs > 16th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations, facsimiles
ISBN:9781442666122

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