Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6022
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Zarri , Gabriella
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  • Title: Christian Good Manners: Spiritual and Monastic Rules in the Quattro- and Cinquecento [the author surveys texts on comportment and morals addressed to different groups of women (virgins, wives, widows, nuns, etc.); authors and works discussed from the fifteenth century are Giovanni di Dio da Venezia, "Decor puellarum," "Gloria mulierum," and "Palma virtutum" and Cherubino da Spoleto, "Regola di vita matrimoniale" and "Regola di vita spirituale"].
  • Source: Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society.  Edited by Letizia Panizza.  European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2000.  Pages 76 - 91.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Handbooks Human Behavior Latin Literature Lay Piety Morality in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15- 16- 17
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  • Author's Affiliation: Università degli Studi di Firenze
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1900755092