Authority, Religion, and Women Writers in the Italian Counter-Reformation: Teaching Diodata Malvasia’s Histories

Recent decades have seen the rediscovery of a significant number of texts authored by Italian women between 1560 and 1630. And yet the commonplace that the Counter-Reformation silenced women writers has persisted. One figure useful for teaching a more nuanced vision of post-Tridentine Italy is the B...

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Main Author: Shannon McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/4/120