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Gaia Servadio - Renaissance Woman - 9781784532963 - V9781784532963
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Renaissance Woman

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Description for Renaissance Woman Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
The Renaissance created a new vision of womanhood and indeed a New Woman, proposes Gaia Servadio in this rich feast of a book. She dates the birth of this revolutionary movement to the invention of the printing press in 1456, which made books-and hence education-available to women. Central to her story are the lives of such as Vittoria Colonna, whose extraordinary mutual love with Michelangelo is told here; Tullia d'Aragona, poet and the best known courtesan of her age; and French poet Louise Labe, who fought in battle in male clothes. They are placed center stage to the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784532963
SKU
V9781784532963
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Gaia Servadio
Gaia Servadio is a broadcaster, journalist, editor and writer, whose books include The Real Traviata and Rossini.

Reviews for Renaissance Woman
A marvellous study of Renaissance women and their men. -The Spectator

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