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Famous Women

Giovanni Boccaccio

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Virginia Brown’s acclaimed translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s classic work, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: April 28, 2003

ISBN: 0674011309

ISBN 13: 9780674011304

Famous Women

Giovanni Boccaccio

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Virginia Brown’s acclaimed translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s classic work, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: April 28, 2003

ISBN: 0674011309

ISBN 13: 9780674011304

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