Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3676
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Primhak , Victoria.
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  • Title: Benedictine Communities in Venetian Society: The Convent of S. Zaccaria [S. Zaccaria was a conventual convent where the nuns did not observe "clausura" and had use of their private incomes; the nuns were able to resist reform because the convent was one of the oldest and most prestigious in the city and welcomed the daughters
  • Source: Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society.  Edited by Letizia Panizza.  European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2000.  Pages 92 - 104.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Benedictine Order Ceremonies Ecclesiastical Reform Monasticism Noble Women Nuns Patronage, Ecclesiastical Private Income Venice- San Zaccaria, a Women's Benedictine Monastery Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15- 16
  • Primary Evidence: Monastic Document; Venice, Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Archivio delle Corporazioni Religiose, S. Zaccaria, B. I.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Istituto Universitario Orientale
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1900755092