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Title The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy / Maria Gaetana Agnesi [and others] ; edited and translated by Rebecca Messbarger and Paula Findlen ; with an introduction by Rebecca Messbarger
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 181 pages) : illustrations
Series Other voice in early modern Europe
Other voice in early modern Europe.
Contents Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini
Summary At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. During the Italian Enlightenment, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola, Diamante Medaglia Faini, and Aretafila Savini de' Rossi were afforded unprecedented deference in academic debates and epitomized the increasing ability of women to influence public discourse. The Contest for Knowledge reveals how these four women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated into English
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Subject Women -- Education -- Italy -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Women -- Italy -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Sources
Women -- Italy -- Social conditions -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Education -- Italy -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Education
Intellectual life
Social conditions
Women -- Education
Women -- Intellectual life
Women -- Social conditions
Onderwijs.
Vrouwen.
Controversen.
SUBJECT Italy -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Sources
Italy -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Sources
Subject Italy
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799.
Messbarger, Rebecca Marie.
Findlen, Paula
Accademia di Padova.
ISBN 9780226010564
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9780226010540
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9780226010557
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9781281125262
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6611125264