Women, art and observant Franciscan piety : Caterina Vigri and the Poor Clares in early modern Ferrara /
The Poor Clares convent of Corpus Domini was the first home of Saint Catherine of Bologna, but after her departure, the convent reinvented itself as a noblewomen's retreat. In doing so, it transformed ideals of poverty, humility and women's education. This book, grounded in archival resear...
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Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2018]
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Series: | Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ;
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