at once deeply informed, perceptively analyzed, and convincingly argued in compelling prose ... [a] fascinating study
Carolyn James is Cassamarca Associate Professor in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies at Monash University, Australia. She has edited the letters of the fifteenth century Bolognese literary figure, Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti and analysed his literary works. With Antonio Pagliaro, she translated the late-medieval letters of Margherita Datini. She has written on women's political and diplomatic roles in Renaissance Italy, as well as
early modern women's relationship with letter-writing. She is presently engaged on a project focused on the Italian Wars 1494-1559, with Professor Susan Broomhall and Dr Lisa Mansfield.