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Record Number: 8192 Author(s)/Creator(s): Clough , Cecil H. Contributor(s): Title: Daughters and Wives of the Montefeltro: Outstanding Bluestockings of the Quattrocento [discusses their learning, roles in public life, and Christian devotion]. Source: Renaissance studies : journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies 10, 1 (March 1996): Pages 31 - 55. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Education Latin Language Lay Piety Montefeltro Family Noble Women Politics Rhetoric Women in Active Roles Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Two figures. Reproductions of two fifteenth- century altarpieces. One depicts Battista Sforza, future wife of Frederico da Montefeltro, as a donor alongside her father and brother. The other is a Madonna, commissioned for Battista's daughter, Giovanna da Montefeltro. Table: One genealogical chart showing the relationship of daughters and wives in the Montefeltro family in the fifteenth- century. Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Liverpool Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 02691213

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