Baernstein A Convent Tale

A Century of Sisterhood in Spanish Milan
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-69453-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Power often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactive pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baernstein, P. Renee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Note on Conventions
Chronology
Introduction

Chapter 1. The Community of San Paolo Converso, 1535-1550
Chapter 2. Crisis of Boundaries, 1550-1552
Chapter 3. Borromeo's Revolution, 1565-1584
Chapter 4. The Rise of the Sfondrati Dynasty, 1565-1590
Chapter 5. A Second Jerusalem, 1590-1535

Epilogue

Sources and Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

P. Renée Baernstein is Associate Professor of European History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and holds degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University.