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Woman in Italy: From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress book cover

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Woman in Italy From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress

By William Boulting Copyright 1910
370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1910, this study in social evolution from the 13 th to the 16 th century functioned as a successor to Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). The author developed Burckhardt’s idea of studying continuous trends over time whilst challenging his idea that Early Modern women enjoyed extraordinary freedom in comparison to their Medieval... Read more

Part 1. The Idealization of Woman. 1. The Chivalrous Service of Love. 2. The Doctrine of Celestial Love and its Courtly Observance. Part 2. The Real Woman at Home and in Life. 1. The Maiden. 2. Betrothal. 3. Marriage. 4. The Wedded Pair. 5. Passion and Flirtation. 6. The Woman at Home: the House. 7. The Woman at Home: the Housewife; Servants and Slaves. 8. The Mother. 9. Widowhood, Sickness, Death, and Burial. 10. Stir, Perils and Amusements of Life. 11. Dress and Adornment. 12. Religion, Superstition, and Deeds of Piety. 13. Canonized and Beatified Women. 14. The Nun. 15. Morals. 16. The Courtesan. 17. The Constraint and Partial Affranchisement of a Sex: Legal Status, Liberal Education, and Economic Independence.

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William Boulting

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