<p>Between the fifteenth and seventeenth century, Italy was home to an animated debate on the role of women in society, history, and religion. Contemporary authors, both male and female, appealed to the authority of classical and medieval philosophers in complex and nuanced ways to redefine the idea of womanhood in a changing society. Despite this open and fruitful dialogue, women were still idealized according to a strict model of female virtue based on a culture of honour and chastity that was reflected in the arts as well as in law and daily life. The volume analyses this process of idealization, the rhetorical, philosophical, or historical tools used, and how this vision differed in theory and practice. Edited by Elena Brizio and Marco Piana. 305 pp., 28 ill.</p>

Idealizing Women in the Italian Renaissance

Judith B. Steinhoff

Sandra Cardarelli

Mathilde Legeay

ed. Elena Brizio

ed. Marco Piana

Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies

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