Book Review: The Women of Renaissance Florence by Richard Trexler
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SummaryThe Women of Renaissance Florence, Power and Dependence in Renaissance Florence is a collection of three essays by Richard Trexler that give the reader insight into the experience of women in Florentine society by examining three major groups of women; nuns, prostitutes, and widows. Trexler is a Professor of History at the State University of New York at Binghampton, and has an impressive resume of fellowships and publications. Trexler is also known as one of the leaders in the study of ritual in a historical context.
In Trexler’s own words, “three essays I the present collection were in fact originally inspired by a similar problem: where were the missing women of Renaissance Florence?” (1) Trexler was fascinated by the “disproportionate number of females “which was “missing at certain point in the female life cycle” when research was conducted (1). Finally, Trexler sums up his goals for the publication by stating “one of the main goals of this collection of essays is, in fact, to demonstrate just how the student can become qualitatively attuned to persons in the past by pursuing quantitative questions. At the same time, reading these studies will acquaint the student with one of the central problems of contemporary women’s history: was women’s fate in the medieval and early modern world a generally dismal one? Or was there a redemptive quality about their existences?” (1)
This review will examine each essay included in the collection, highlighting the main points of the articles, the sources used, and the effectiveness of the author’s argument. The review will also examine Trexler’s objective in writing the essays as described above, discussing his success in meeting it.
In Trexler’s own words, “three essays I the present collection were in fact originally inspired by a similar problem: where were the missing women of Renaissance Florence?” (1) Trexler was fascinated by the “disproportionate number of females “which was “missing at certain point in the female life cycle” when research was conducted (1). Finally, Trexler sums up his goals for the publication by stating “one of the main goals of this collection of essays is, in fact, to demonstrate just how the student can become qualitatively attuned to persons in the past by pursuing quantitative questions. At the same time, reading these studies will acquaint the student with one of the central problems of contemporary women’s history: was women’s fate in the medieval and early modern world a generally dismal one? Or was there a redemptive quality about their existences?” (1)
This review will examine each essay included in the collection, highlighting the main points of the articles, the sources used, and the effectiveness of the author’s argument. The review will also examine Trexler’s objective in writing the essays as described above, discussing his success in meeting it.
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