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The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy

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The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy / Maria Gaetana Agnesi ... [et al.] and the Accademia de' ricovrati ; edited and translated by Rebecca Messbarger and Paula Findlen ; with an introduction by Rebecca Messbarger.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
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  • Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799.
  • Messbarger, Rebecca Marie.
  • Findlen, Paula.
  • Accademia di Padova.
Description
xxxi, 181 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The other voice in early modern Europe
Subject
  • Women > Education > History > Italy > 18th century > Sources
  • Women > Italy > Intellectual life > 18th century > Sources
  • Women > Italy > Social conditions > 18th century > Sources
  • Education > Italy > History > 18th century > Sources
  • Italy > Intellectual life > 18th century > Sources
  • Italy > Social conditions > 18th century > Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini.
Call Number
JFE 05-12760
ISBN
  • 0226010546 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226010554 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004015825
OCLC
55887354
Title
The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy / Maria Gaetana Agnesi ... [et al.] and the Accademia de' ricovrati ; edited and translated by Rebecca Messbarger and Paula Findlen ; with an introduction by Rebecca Messbarger.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
Series
The other voice in early modern Europe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799.
Messbarger, Rebecca Marie.
Findlen, Paula.
Accademia di Padova.
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JFE 05-12760
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