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Record Number: 4203 Author(s)/Creator(s): Chojnacki , Stanley. Contributor(s): Title: “The Most Serious Duty”: Motherhood, Gender, and Patrician Culture in Renaissance Venice [The essay analyzes the gendered child-rearing roles of patrician families in republican Venice, and shows that women were able to work with or against the wishes of their husbands. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Refiguring Woman: Perspectives on Gender and the Italian Renaissance.  Edited by Marilyn Migiel and Juliana Schiesari.  Cornell University Press, 1991.  Pages 133 - 154. Republished in slightly altered form as “The Most Serious Duty”: Motherhood, Gender, and Patrician Culture. By Stanley Chojnacki. Women and Men in Renaissance Venice: Twelve Essays on Patrician Society. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Pages 169-182. [Reprinted in The Italian Renaissance. Edited by Paula Findlen. Blackwell Publishing, 2002. Pages 173-191 Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Gender Mothers Social History Women in Active Roles Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 15- 16 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Michigan State University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1991. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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