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Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice (Women in Culture and Society Series)
Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice - Women in Culture and Society Series
Author: Jutta Gisela Sperling
In late sixteenth-century Venice, nearly 60 percent of all patrician women joined convents, and only a minority of these women did so voluntarily. In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, Jutta Gisela Sperling debunks this myth and argues ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226769356
ISBN-10: 0226769356
Publication Date: 3/15/2000
Pages: 434
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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