âSebben che siamo donne â¦â: Sienese Women in the Troubled Years at the End of the Republic (c.1500â60)

Elena Brizio

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The history of Sienese women from the end of the Quattrocento to the years following the surrender to Florence and Spain (roughly 1560â65) is still to be written. My contribution will shed light on the social as well as the economic and political roles played by women in these critical years and in this terrible period of war, famine, and social changes. Both upper and lower class women struggled to maintain their families as best they could and to keep them together during exile, civil war, and financial and political turmoil. Using a wide range of strategies, women took care of family properties and possessions, remained in the city or went into exile. Using mainly archival documentation, I will offer a new approach to a topic, which is, up to now, almost completely unknown. Comparisons with Florence and Venice will illustrate the particularities of the Sienese reality.

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A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena

Series:Â Brill's Companions to European History, Volume: 23

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Print Publication Date:: 06 Jan 2021

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