The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Virginia Brown's acclaimed translation, commissioned for The I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
Famous Women (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Brand: Harvard University Press
$19.82 - $35.75
- UPC:
- 9780674011304
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2003-04-30
- Release Date:
- 2003-05-30
- Author:
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Language:
- latin,english