Accounting for Affection Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome
Description
Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeModernSocial HistorySocial ScienceGender StudiesItaly
2015Book
Author(s)Caroline Castiglione
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230203310
LanguageEnglish
