| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 270 pages) : illustrations, map |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index. |
| Contents |
The community of San Paolo Converso, 1535-1550 -- Crisis of boundaries, 1550-1552 -- Borromeo's revolution, 1565-1584 -- The rise of the Sfondrati dynasty, 1565-1590 -- A second Jerusalem, 1590-1535. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Annotation 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 pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) -- History -- 16th century.
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San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
San Paolo Converso (Milan, Italy) -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Milan (Italy) -- Church history -- 16th century.
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Milan (Italy) -- Church history -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baernstein, P. Renee. Convent tale. New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002002614 (OCoLC)49260452 |
| ISBN |
9781136694608 (electronic book) |
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1136694609 (electronic book) |
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9781315023168 (e-book) |
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1315023164 (e-book) |
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041592717X |
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9780415927178 |
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041593043X (alkaline paper) |
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9780415930437 (alkaline paper) |
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041592717X (alkaline paper) |
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9780415927178 (alkaline paper) |
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9781136694530 (e-book) |
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1136694536 |
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0415927188 |
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9780415927185 |
| Standard No. |
9780415927178 |
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