Power and Gender in Renaissance Spain: Eight Women of the Mendoza Family, 1450-1650
(Part of the Hispanisms Series)
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The Mendoza family was one of Spain's most prominent Renaissance dynasties, and this collection, a groundbreaking overview of two hundred years of Spanish history, provides in-depth portraits of eight of its female members. These essays explore the lives of powerful women whose lineage gave them status within a patriarchal society designed to keep women from public life. Each of the influential and literary women discussed in this volume handled...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:025207145X
ISBN13:9780252071454
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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