Table of contents for Convents and the body politic in late Renaissance Venice / Jutta Gisela Sperling.
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List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Potlatch alla Veneziana: Coerced Monachizations in the Context of Patrician Intermarriage and Conspicuous Consumption
2. Marvelous Venice: A Virgin City and Its Noble Body Politic
3. The Theology and Politics of Clausura
4. The Economic Dimensions of the Convent-Reform Program
5. Convents and the Question of State Sovereignty
Conclusion
Appendix
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Monasticism and religious orders for women Italy Venice History 16th century, Women Italy Venice Social conditions 16th century, Nobility Italy Venice History 16th century, Venice (Italy) Social conditions 16th century, Monasticism and religious orders for women Italy Venice History 17th century, Women Italy Venice Social conditions 17th century, Nobility Italy Venice History 17th century, Venice (Italy) Social conditions 17th century