A Convent Tale: A Century of Sisterhood in Spanish Milan Tapa dura - 2002

Routledge. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Hardback. 041592717X . Dust jacket bright, stiff and clean; Boards firm, bound in quarter cloth with bright gilt titles, corners a little bumped; Text clean and free from annotations, previous owner's signature scribbled out at rear endpaper, pages crisp; Binding tight. Overall an attractive, sturdy copy.; 8.6 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 294 pages .

Routledge, 2002. ~No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn. Hardback. Fine/Fine. xxii, 270pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

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Routledge, 2002. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. New . New conditiobn 270 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 041592717X. ISBN/EAN: 9780415927178. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561054850. . 9780415927178

Routledge, 2002-09-06. Hardcover. New.

Routledge, 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches.

New. Power often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactive pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers.

Routledge, 2002-09-06. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Routledge, 2002-09-06. 1. hardcover. Used:Good.