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Record Number:
9923
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Crabb , Ann Morton.
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Title:
How Typical Was Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi of Fifteenth-Century Florentine Widows? [The author studies a Florentine widow who became an agent and representative of her family (a role normally unavailable to patrician women, but one that carried many hardships) after her husband's death in exile. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Upon My Husband's Death: Widows in the Literature and Histories of Medieval Europe. Edited by Louise MirrerStudies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization. University of Michigan Press, 1992. Pages 47 - 68.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Florence
Political Participation
Strozzi, Alessandra Macinghi, Florentine Lady- Letters
Widows
Women in Active Roles
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
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Author's Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0472102575
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