Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy /
Many women were at the vanguard in the era of the scientific revolution, deeply invested in empirical culture, yet their names are largely unknown. Ray's study begins with Caterina Sforza's alchemical recipes; examines the sixteenth-century vogue for "books of secrets"; and looks...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : 2015 |
| Series: | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
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Table of Contents:
- Caterina Sforza's experiments with alchemy
- The secrets of Isabella Cortese : practical alchemy and women readers
- Scientific culture and the Renaissance querelle des femmes : Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella
- Scientific circles in Italy and abroad : Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrochi
- Epilogue
- Caterina Sforza's experiments with alchemy
- The secrets of Isabella Cortese : practical alchemy and women readers
- Scientific culture and the Renaissance querelle des femmes : moderata fonte and Lucrezia Marinella
- Scientific circles in Italy and abroad : Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrochi
- Epilogue