Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini.
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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.
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Title
Contest for knowledge.
International Standard Book Number
9780226010540
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education-- Italy-- History-- 18th century, Sources.
Women-- Education-- Italy-- History-- 18th century, Sources.
Women-- Italy-- Intellectual life-- 18th century, Sources.
Women-- Italy-- Social conditions-- History-- 18th century, Sources.
Éducation-- Italie-- Histoire-- 18e siècle, Sources.
Femmes-- Éducation-- Italie-- Histoire-- 18e siècle, Sources.
Femmes-- Italie-- Conditions sociales-- Histoire-- 18e siècle, Sources.
Femmes-- Italie-- Vie intellectuelle-- 18e siècle, Sources.
Controversen.
EDUCATION-- Organizations & Institutions.
Education.
Intellectual life.
Onderwijs.
Social conditions
Vrouwen.
Women-- Education.
Women-- Intellectual life.
Women-- Social conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Italy, Intellectual life, 18th century, Sources.
Italy, Social conditions, 18th century, Sources.
Italie, Conditions sociales, 18e siècle, Sources.