This enlightening book aims to fill the gap in the literature on women's lives from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century, a time in which Italian urban societies saw much debate on the nature of women and on their roles, education and behaviour. Indeed these were debates which would in subsequent years resonate throughout Europe as a whole. Using a broad range of contemporary source material, most of which has never been translated before, this book illuminates the ideals and realities informing the lives of women within the context of civic and courtly culture. The text is...

Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.
Only Mary Rogers requires them to "dance naked."
To Rogers, an award-winning columnist for the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram," that term signifies a pact between the writer, the subject and the reader: only when stories eliminate artifice and express honest beliefs and emotions can they merit attention and trust. It's a phrase and philosophy unique to Rogers, and as a result the stories in "Dancing Naked: Memorable Encounters with Unforgettable Texans" are unique, too. You've never read anything like them, and...

Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.
Only Mary Rogers requires them to "dance naked."
To Rogers, an award-winning columnist for the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram," that term signifies a pact between the writer, the subject and the reader: only when stories eliminate artifice and express honest beliefs and emotions can they merit attention and trust. It's a phrase and philosophy unique to Rogers, and as a result the stories in "Dancing Naked: Memorable Encounters with Unforgettable Texans" are unique, too. You've never read anything like them, and...