Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy /
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 centur...
Основен автор: | McClure, George W., 1951- (Author) |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
[2013]
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=682989 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Parlour Games and the Public Life of Women in Renaissance Italy. |
Резюме: |
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. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781442666122 1442666129 |