Wives, widows, and brides of Christ: Marriage and the convent in the historiography of Early Modern Italy

Evangelisti, Silvia (2000) Wives, widows, and brides of Christ: Marriage and the convent in the historiography of Early Modern Italy. The Historical Journal, 43 (1). pp. 233-247. ISSN 1469-5103

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Abstract

Two main alternative paths structured the lives of women in early modern Italy: marriage and the convent. Historians have analysed the disciplinary and economic functions, and the legal, religious and symbolic meaning of these paths, from a variety of perspectives. However, studies of marriage and the convent have mainly developed as two separate fields of historical research. My article reviews these two series of studies in the context of the historiography of early modern Italy, and suggests some of the possible connections between them.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User:	Sarah Burbidge
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2011 14:48
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 04:56
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33743
DOI:	10.1017/S0018246X99008973

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