Disciplining the tongue: Archbishop Antoninus, the Opera a ben vivere and the regulation of women’s speech in renaissance Florence
In circa 1454, the Florentine Archbishop Antonino Pierozzi (later St. Antoninus) composed a spiritual guidebook, called Opera a ben vivere (A Work to Live Well by), for an elite Florentine laywoman, presumed to be Dianora Tornabuoni. Contained within this book are instructions to his female reader f...
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The Open University
2015-02-01
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| Series: | The Open Arts Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://openartsjournal.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/oaj_issue4_flanigan.pdf |