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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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Plates and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Pious Women of Corpus Christi
- 2. Building a Public Image of Piety
- 3. The Sette Armi Spirituali and its Audience
- 4. Drawing for Devotion: Sister Caterina's Breviary
- 5. Corpus Christi's Later Religious and Civic Identity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- Index