Chronicle of Le Murate - Couverture souple

Niccolini, Sister Giustina; Weddle, Saundra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0772721084 ISBN 13 : 9780772721082

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2011

Synopsis

The Chronicle of Le Murate, completed by Sister Giustina Niccolini in 1598, is one of a small number of surviving documents that presents a nun's own interpretation and synthesis of historical events. It recounts the roughly two hundred-year history of Florence's largest convent, which attracted boarders, nuns and patrons from Italy's elite families. The manuscript provides a rare view of life behind the enclosure walls and of nuns interaction with the world outside. The messy vitality of this account is an important pendant to the more formal and predictable convent chronicles that dominate the genre.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Saundra Weddle is Associate Professor of Architecture and Art History at Drury University. She has authored several articles relating to the form and function of convent architecture in Renaissance Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0772721084
• ISBN 13: 9780772721082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 362
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• Personne responsable: non disponible