Editorial: Harvard University Press
Número de páginas: 256 págs.
Fecha de edición: 30-09-2024
EAN: 9780674295810
ISBN: 978-0-674-29581-0
Precio (sin IVA): 61,44 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 63,90 €
Amid the Catholic reforms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the number of women and girls housed in nunneries, reformatories, and charity homes grew rapidly throughout the city of Florence. Julia Rombough follows the efforts of legal, medical, and ecclesiastical authorities to govern enclosed women, and uncovers the experiences of the women themselves as they negotiated strict sensory regulations. At a moment when quiet was deeply entangled with ideals of feminine purity, bodily health, and spiritual discipline, those in power worked constantly to silence their charges and protect them from the urban din beyond institutional walls.