Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi

Name: Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi
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ISBN: 9780520203907

ISBN-10: 0520203909

ISBN-13: 9780520203907

Edition: 1997

Authors: Heather Gregory, Alessandra Strozzi, Heather Gregory, Alessandra Strozzi

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The letters of Alessandra Strozzi provide a vivid and spirited portrayal of life in fifteenth-century Florence. Among the richest autobiographical materials to survive from the Italian Renaissance, the letters reveal a woman who fought stubbornly to preserve her family's property and position in adverse circumstances, and who was an acute observer of Medicean society. Her letters speak of political and social status, of the concept of honor, and of the harshness of life, including the plague and the loss of children. They are also a guide to Alessandra's inner life over a period of twenty-three years, revealing the pain and sorrow, and, more rarely, the joy and triumph, with which she…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English