Paternal tyranny

Paternal tyranny

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Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing...

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Main Author: Tarabotti, Arcangela
Other Authors: Panizza, Letizia
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004
Edition:1st ed
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life of women > Italy > Venice
Patriarchy > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Women > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Women > Italy > Venice > Social conditions
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