Title Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy / George McClure

Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles Contents The Renaissance Theory of Play -- The Academy of the Intronati and Sienese Women (1525-1555) -- The Games of Girolamo and Scipione Bargagli (1563-1569) -- Fortunes, Medals, Emblems : The Public Face of Private Women -- The Birth of the Assicurate: Italy's First Female Academy (1654-1704) -- Girolamo Gigli: The Legacy of the Sienese Games and Sienese Women Summary Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index Subject Women -- Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century Women -- Italy -- Intellectual life -- 16th century Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 Indoor games -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 16th century Renaissance -- Italy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Manners and customs Renaissance Women -- Intellectual life Women -- Renaissance Women -- Social life and customs SUBJECT Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century Subject Italy Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442666122 1442666129

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