The Contest for Knowledge

Debates over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy
by Diamante Medaglia Faini, Accademia de' Ricovrati, Aretafila Savini de' Rossi, Maria Gaetana Agnesi

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Format
Paperback / softback
Pages
208
Publication date
15/05/2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
EAN Code
9780226010557

Description

At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals.

Additional information

Weight 324 g
Dimensions 152 × 230 × 17 mm