Author : Meredith K. Ray
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 28,85 MB
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674504232
Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with medicine and alchemy at home and in court, debated cosmological discoveries in salons and academies, and in their writings used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for women’s intellectual equality to men.
Author : Ernst Breisach
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 1967
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004653384
Author : SaraF. Matthews-Grieco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1351570463
In Renaissance and early modern Europe, various constellations of phenomena-ranging from sex scandals to legal debates to flurries of satirical prints-collectively demonstrate, at different times and places, an increased concern with cuckoldry, impotence and adultery. This concern emerges in unusual events (such as scatological rituals of house-scorning), appears in neglected sources (such as drawings by Swiss mercenary soldier-artists), and engages innovative areas of inquiry (such as the intersection between medical theory and Renaissance comedy). Interdisciplinary analytical tools are here deployed to scrutinize court scandals and decipher archival documents. Household recipes, popular literary works and a variety of visual media are examined in the light of contemporary sexual culture and contextualized with reference to current social and political issues. The essays in this volume reveal the central importance of sexuality and sexual metaphor for our understanding of European history, politics and culture, and emphasize the extent to which erotic presuppositions underpinned the early modern world.
Author : Alessio Assonitis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9004465219
Mining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns. Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen.
Author : Kathleen P. Long
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 131713057X
In the wake of new interest in alchemy as more significant than a bizarre aberration in rational Western European culture, this collection examines both alchemical and medical discourses in the larger context of early modern Europe. How do early scientific discourses infiltrate other cultural domains such as literature, philosophy, court life, and the conduct of households? How do these new contexts deflect scientific pursuits into new directions, and allow a larger participation in the elaboration of scientific methods and perspectives? Might there have been a scientific subculture, particularly surrounding alchemy, which allowed women to participate in scientific pursuits long before they were admitted in an investigative capacity into official academic settings? This volume poses those questions, as a starting point for a broader discussion of scientific subcultures and their relationship to the restructuring and questioning of gender roles.
Author : Umberto Pasqui
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1291231757
La città che sembra un'aquila nasconde l'oasi dei borghesi, e i suoi abitanti vivono sotto il respiro di un ciclope. Luoghi, personaggi, aneddoti, dintorni (e contorni) per raccontare aspetti di Forlì, città che si dà poche arie e che solo pochi conoscono. Così Umberto Pasqui ci presenterà Diogene della numismatica, o l'uomo dei quarti d'ora, o ancora colui che s'innamorò della farfalla del cardo. Storie di Forlì, appunto, spunti per conoscere una comunità alla ricerca di un'identità. Sessanta narrazioni di fatti realmente successi, di persone realmente esistite, di luoghi che possiamo vedere con i nostri occhi o, taluni, non più, sono il frutto della passione dell'autore per la storia e le storie della città in cui vive.
Author : Javier López Rider
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1803275782
This book compiles a series of works on cosmetics and health care, covering different geographical areas of Europe. The studies also focus on different cultures, with some chapters dedicated to the Hebrew sphere, others to the Muslim world, and a larger percentage dealing with Christian society.
Author : Valeria Finucci
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,12 MB
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 067472545X
Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions.
Author : FRANCESCO. PREDARI
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Page : 1518 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 1861
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