A convent tale : a century of sisterhood in Spanish Milan / / P. Renee Baernstein

• Autore: Baernstein P. Renee
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 271/.97
• Soggetto topico: Convents - Italy
• Soggetto geografico: Milan (Italy) Church history 16th century; Milan (Italy) Church history 17th century
• Note generali: First published 2002 by Routledge.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; A Note on Conventions; Chronology; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE COMMUNITY OF SAN PAOLO CONVERSO, 1535-1550; CHAPTER TWO THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE INQUISITION, 1550-1552; CHAPTER THREE BORROMEO'S REVOLUTION, 1565-1584; CHAPTER FOUR THE RISE OF THE SFONDRATI DYNASTY, 1565-1590; CHAPTER FIVE A SECOND JERUSALEM, 1590-1635; EPILOGUE; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A convent tale
• ISBN: 1-136-69460-9; 0-415-92718-8; 1-315-02316-4; 1-136-69453-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818362003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II