Organized as a series of engaging, thoroughly contextualized biographies, Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Italian Renaissance takes readers on a journey through early modern Italy that places women at the heart of the artistic and cultural developments of this transformative era.
Organized as a series of engaging, thoroughly contextualized biographies, Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Italian Renaissance takes readers on a journey through early modern Italy that places women at the heart of the artistic and cultural developments of this transformative era.
Meredith K. Ray is the Elias Ahuja Professor of Italian in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Delaware, USA. Her books include Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance (2009), Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (2015), and Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo: Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy (2016).
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Introduction: Hidden Histories Part One: Politics and Power Brokers 1. Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427-1482): Medici Matriarch 2. Caterina Sforza (c. 1463-1509): Countess, Warrior, Alchemist 3. Isabella d'Este (1474-1539): Diplomat and Tastemaker 4. Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519): Entrepreneur from Italy's Most Controversial Family 5. Bona Sforza (1494-1557): Italian Queen of Poland Part Two: Poets, Reformers, and Courtesans 6. Vittoria Colonna (1490?-1547): Divine Poet, Michelangelo's Mentor 7 Lucrezia Gonzaga (1522-1576): Epistolary Icon and Religious Dissident 8 Olimpia Morata (1526-1555): Humanist and Heretic 9 Laura Terracina (1519-c.1577): Bestselling Author, Defender of Women 10. Veronica Franco (1546-1591): Celebrity Courtesan Part Three: Musicians, Composers, and Performers 11. Gaspara Stampa (1523-1544): Renaissance Sappho 12. Tarquinia Molza (1542-1617): Virtuosa and Philosopher 13. Isabella Andreini (1562-1604): Diva of Stage and Page 14. Francesca Caccini (1587-post-1641): Opera's Star at the Medici Court 15. Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677): Trailblazing Composer Part Four: Artists and Scientists 16. Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625): Portraitist to Kings 17. Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614): Pioneering Professional Artist 18. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656?): Fearless Painter, Feminist Icon 19 Camilla Erculiani (d. post-1584):Pharmacist-Philosopher 20 Margherita Sarrocchi (c. 1560-1617): Reader of the Stars, Galileo's Correspondent Part Five: Renaissance Feminists 21 Laudomia Forteguerri (1515-1555?): Queer Poet, Civic Hero 22. Moderata Fonte (1555-1592): Visionary of Equality for Women 23 Lucrezia Marinella (1571?-1653): Champion of Women's History 24 Sarra Copia Sulam (1592-1641): Poet and Polemicist in Venice's Jewish Ghetto 25. Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-1652): Radical Nun, Feminist Force Notes and Further Reading Dates of Reign Acknowledgments Index
Introduction: Hidden Histories Part One: Politics and Power Brokers 1. Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427-1482): Medici Matriarch 2. Caterina Sforza (c. 1463-1509): Countess, Warrior, Alchemist 3. Isabella d'Este (1474-1539): Diplomat and Tastemaker 4. Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519): Entrepreneur from Italy's Most Controversial Family 5. Bona Sforza (1494-1557): Italian Queen of Poland Part Two: Poets, Reformers, and Courtesans 6. Vittoria Colonna (1490?-1547): Divine Poet, Michelangelo's Mentor 7 Lucrezia Gonzaga (1522-1576): Epistolary Icon and Religious Dissident 8 Olimpia Morata (1526-1555): Humanist and Heretic 9 Laura Terracina (1519-c.1577): Bestselling Author, Defender of Women 10. Veronica Franco (1546-1591): Celebrity Courtesan Part Three: Musicians, Composers, and Performers 11. Gaspara Stampa (1523-1544): Renaissance Sappho 12. Tarquinia Molza (1542-1617): Virtuosa and Philosopher 13. Isabella Andreini (1562-1604): Diva of Stage and Page 14. Francesca Caccini (1587-post-1641): Opera's Star at the Medici Court 15. Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677): Trailblazing Composer Part Four: Artists and Scientists 16. Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625): Portraitist to Kings 17. Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614): Pioneering Professional Artist 18. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656?): Fearless Painter, Feminist Icon 19 Camilla Erculiani (d. post-1584):Pharmacist-Philosopher 20 Margherita Sarrocchi (c. 1560-1617): Reader of the Stars, Galileo's Correspondent Part Five: Renaissance Feminists 21 Laudomia Forteguerri (1515-1555?): Queer Poet, Civic Hero 22. Moderata Fonte (1555-1592): Visionary of Equality for Women 23 Lucrezia Marinella (1571?-1653): Champion of Women's History 24 Sarra Copia Sulam (1592-1641): Poet and Polemicist in Venice's Jewish Ghetto 25. Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-1652): Radical Nun, Feminist Force Notes and Further Reading Dates of Reign Acknowledgments Index
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