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Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi, Bilingual Edition: Volume 9
ISBN: 9780520203907 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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...
The letters of Alessandra Strozzi provide a vivid and spirited portrayal of life in fifteenth-century Florence. Among the richest autobiographical mat...
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Letters to Her Sons, 1447-1470: Volume 46
ISBN: 9780866985482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The seventy-three surviving letters written by Florentine widow, Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c.1406-1471), to her distant sons first appeared in print well over a century ago, but are here translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Whether for the professional historian or for the general reader interested in Renaissance Florence, they constitute a most precious testimony regarding both private and public life in the mid-fifteenth century, with themes ranging from familial relations, motherhood, marriage, and aspects of material culture to the harsh realities of... The seventy-three surviving letters written by Florentine widow, Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c.1406-1471), to her distant sons first appeared in p... |
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