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The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy / Maria Gaetana Agnesi [and others] ; edited and translated by Rebecca Messbarger and Paula Findlen ; with an introduction by Rebecca Messbarger. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 181 pages) : illustrations - Other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini.

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. During the Italian Enlightenment, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola, Diamante Medaglia Faini, and Aretafila Savini de' Rossi were afforded unprecedented deference in academic debates and epitomized the increasing ability of women to influence public discourse. The Contest for Knowledge reveals how these four women.


Translated into English.

ISBN: 9780226010564 (electronic bk.) 0226010562 (electronic bk.) 9780226010540 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0226010546 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780226010557 (paper ; alk. paper) 0226010554 (paper ; alk. paper) 1281125261 9781281125262 9786611125264 6611125264

Standard No.: 10.7208/9780226010564 doi

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1799

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Education--History--Italy--18th century--Sources.
Women--Intellectual life--Italy--18th century--Sources.
Women--Social conditions--History--Italy--18th century--Sources.
Education--History--Italy--18th century--Sources.
Femmes--Éducation--Histoire--Italie--18e siècle--Sources.
Femmes--Vie intellectuelle--Italie--18e siècle--Sources.
Femmes--Conditions sociales--Italie--18e siècle--Sources.
Éducation--Histoire--Italie--18e siècle--Sources.
Femmes--Conditions sociales--Histoire--Italie--18e siècle--Sources.
EDUCATION--Organizations & Institutions.
Education.
Intellectual life.
Social conditions
Women--Education.
Women--Intellectual life.
Women--Social conditions.
Onderwijs.
Vrouwen.
Controversen.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Italy--Intellectual life--18th century--Sources.
Italy--Social conditions--18th century--Sources.
Italie--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle--Sources.
Italie--Conditions sociales--18e siècle--Sources.
Italy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Sources.

LC Class. No.: LC2122 / .C66 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 370.82/0945/09033