Nuns and nunneries in Renaissance Florence /

The 15th century was a time of dramatic and decisive change for nuns and nunneries in Florence. In the course of that century, the city's convents evolved from small, semiautonomous communities to large civic institutions. By 1552, roughly one in eight Florentine women lived in a religious comm...

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Main Author: Strocchia, Sharon T., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2009.
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