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Record Number:
13708
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Medioli , Francesca.
Contributor(s):
Title:
To Take or Not to Take the Veil: Selected Italian Case Histories, the Renaissance and After [The author briefly surveys cases of young women who were forced to become nuns by family members in order to co-opt their inheritances].
Source:
Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society. Edited by Letizia Panizza. European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2000. Pages 122 - 137.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Family
Monasticism
Nuns- Compelled to Take Vows
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15- 16- 17- 18
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Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
1900755092