| Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) -- History -- 16th century
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San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) -- History -- 17th century
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San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) fast |
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Convents -- Italy.
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Convents
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Milan (Italy) -- Church history -- 16th century
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Milan (Italy) -- Church history -- 17th century
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Italy
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Italy -- Milan
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136694530 |
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1136694536 |
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