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Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, women assumed public roles of unprecedented prominence in Italian religious culture. Legally subordinated, politically excluded, socially limited, and ideologically disdained, women's active participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. These essays explore the involvement of women in religious life throughout northern and central Italy and trace the evolution of communities of pious women as they tried to achieve their devotional goals despite the strictures of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The contributors examine relations between holy women, their devout followers, and society at large. Including contributions from leading figures in a new generation of Italian historians of religion, this book shows how women were able to carve out broad areas of influence by carefully exploiting the institutional church and by astutely manipulating religious percepts.
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Science of Naples
Long neglected in the history of Renaissance and early modern Europe, in recent years scholars have revised received understanding of the political and economic significance of the city of Naples and its rich artistic, musical and political culture. Its importance in the history of science, however, has remained relatively unknown. The Science of Naples provides the first dedicated study of Neapolitan scientific culture in the English language. Drawing on contributions from leading experts in the field, this volume presents a series of studies that demonstrate Neapolitans’ manifold contributions to European scientific culture in the early modern period and considers the importance of the c...
Annuario
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Il Chiostro degli Incurabili
Un viceré spagnolo commissiona un affresco a Giorgio Vasari per la sua nuova reggia. Ne viene fuori un imponente decoro dal sapore alchemico che fungerà da ispirazione per qualcuno che l’alchimia la conosce per davvero. Giambattista Della Porta, scienziato e alchimista, decide di tramandare l’occulto scibile in suo possesso facendo affrescare le volte del luogo che più di ogni altro ama: il Chiostro dell’Ospedale Incurabili a Napoli. In seguito, fornisce indicazioni a un suo discepolo, Giambattista Manso, per instradarlo alla ricerca del sistema per la realizzazione della Pietra Filosofale. Manso, passa il testimone a un avvocato appassionato di anagrammi, il quale scrive un’opera...
