1. The Social History of Women in the Renaissance -- 2. Women in the Streets, Women in the Courts, in Early Renaissance Florence -- 3. Last Wills: Family, Women, and the Black Death in Central Italy -- 4. Women and the Counter Reformation in Siena: Authority and Property in the Family -- 5. Nuns and Dowry Funds: Women's Choices in the Renaissance -- 6. Sex and Violence on the Periphery: The Territorial State in Early Renaissance Florence -- 7. Prosperity in the Countryside: The Price Women Paid
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index