C. Castiglione
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2015
9780230203310
Accounting for Affection
Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2015
ISBN13: 9780230203310
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230203310
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction1. Practicing Motherhood When the Definition of 'Family' is Ambiguous: Anna Colonna and the Barberini Dynasty, 1627-1647 2. The Interests Common to Us All: Olimpia Giustiniani on the Governing of the Roman Aristocratic Family 3. At the Nexus of Impossibility: The Medical and the Maternal in Seventeenth-Century Rome 4. Ippolita's Wager: Letting Daughters Decide in the Early Eighteenth Century 5. Extravagant Pretensions: The Triumph of Maternal Love in the World of Rome Conclusion Appendices Bibliography