The contest for knowledge: debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2005
Schriftenreihe:Other voice in early modern Europe
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini
At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. During the Italian Enlightenment, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola, Diamante Medaglia Faini, and Aretafila Savini de' Rossi were afforded unprecedented deference in academic debates and epitomized the increasing ability of women to influence public discourse. The Contest for Knowledge reveals how these four women
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 181 p.)
ISBN:0226010562
9780226010564

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