This title presents a study of the women of the famous Medici family of republican Florence in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Natalie Tomas critically examines the changing contribution of the women in the Medici family to the eventual success of the Medici regime and their exercise of power within it; and contributes to our historical understanding of how women were able to wield power in late medieval and early modern Italy and Europe. Tomas takes a feminist approach that examines the experience of the Medici women within a critical framework of gender analysis, rather than biography. Keeping the historiography to a minimum and explaining all unfamiliar Italian terms, Tomas makes her narrative clear and accessible to non-specialists; thus this book should appeal to scholars of women's studies across disciplines and geographical boundaries.
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'O do not be born a woman if you want your own way', wrote an exasperated Nannina Rucellai, sister of Lorenzo de' Medici 'the Magnificent', to her mother Lucrezia Tornabuoni in July 1479 after losing an argument about their children's education with her husband Bernardo Rucellai. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
seigneurial character, eruditi toscani, patronage process, patronage activities, suo mondo, exile decree, casa nostra, papal patronage, architectural patronage, archival references, women patrons, papal court, art patronage, cultural patronage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alfonsina Orsini, Pope Leo, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Filippo Strozzi, New York, Lucrezia Salviati, Renaissance Florence, Cardinal Giovanni, Virgin Mary, Jacopo Salviati, John the Baptist, Clarice Orsini, Renaissance Studies, Cardinal Giulio, Francesco Vettori, Santa Lucia, Contessina Bardi, San Marco, Renaissance Italy, Santa Maria, Signoria Vostra, Archivio Storico Italiano, Fondo Principale, Maria Salviati, Goro Gheri New!
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'O do not be born a woman if you want your own way', wrote an exasperated Nannina Rucellai, sister of Lorenzo de' Medici 'the Magnificent', to her mother Lucrezia Tornabuoni in July 1479 after losing an argument about their children's education with her husband Bernardo Rucellai. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
seigneurial character, eruditi toscani, patronage process, patronage activities, suo mondo, exile decree, casa nostra, papal patronage, architectural patronage, archival references, women patrons, papal court, art patronage, cultural patronage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alfonsina Orsini, Pope Leo, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Filippo Strozzi, New York, Lucrezia Salviati, Renaissance Florence, Cardinal Giovanni, Virgin Mary, Jacopo Salviati, John the Baptist, Clarice Orsini, Renaissance Studies, Cardinal Giulio, Francesco Vettori, Santa Lucia, Contessina Bardi, San Marco, Renaissance Italy, Santa Maria, Signoria Vostra, Archivio Storico Italiano, Fondo Principale, Maria Salviati, Goro Gheri New!
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- Stereotypes of Women in Power: Historical Perspectives and Revisionist Views (Contributions in Women's Studies) by Barbara Garlick on 4 pages
- Power of the Weak: STUDIES ON MEDIEVAL WOMEN by Jennifer Carpenter on 4 pages
- Medieval Women (Canto) by Eileen Power on 4 pages
- Medieval Queenship by John C. Parsons on page 101, page 185, and Back Matter
- Lorenzo the Magnificent (Warburg Institute Colloquia) by Michael Mallett in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A History of Florence 1200-1575 by John M. Najemy on page 429
- Re-Membering Masculinity in Early Modern Florence: Widowed Bodies, Mourning And Portraiture by Allison Levy in Back Matter
- Women, Art, And Architecture in Northern Italy, 1520–1580: Negotiating Power (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World) by Katherine A. McIver in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Raphael (Cambridge Companions to the History of Art) by Marcia B. Hall in Back Matter
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