Boccaccio's heroines : power and virtue in Renaissance society /: power and virtue in Renaissance society. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Power and virtue in Renaissance society
• Further Information: Note: Margaret Franklin.
• Other Names: Franklin, Margaret Ann; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
• Contents: Text and its critics -- Lauds and libraries -- The art of virtue -- Authorial intent -- Dedication : the nature of virtue -- Preface : a book for men about women -- A bad example -- Overstepping the boundaries -- Action/reaction -- Dangerous minds and bodies -- Calculated anomalies -- Famous women in Renaissance Tuscany -- Boccaccio's heroines -- A woman's place -- Daring but decorous : donne illustri in the art of the Tuscan republics -- Famous women and famous women : Boccaccio and the court consorts -- Eleonora d'Aragona d'Este -- Isabella d'Este and Mantegna.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 851/.1; Women -- Biography; Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600; Women in literature; Women; Women in literature; Women -- Renaissance; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351955157; 1351955152
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.