TY - GEN T1 - Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy A1 - McClure, George W., 1951- LA - English PP - Toronto Ont. PB - University of Toronto Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn852803607 AB - Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century. OP - 319 CN - HQ1149.I8 M34 2013eb SN - 9781442666122 SN - 1442666129 SN - 9781442646599 KW - Women : Italy : Social life and customs : 16th century. KW - Women : Italy : Intellectual life : 16th century. KW - Women : Italy : History : Renaissance, 1450-1600. KW - Indoor games : Social aspects : Italy : History : 16th century. KW - Renaissance : Italy. KW - Italy : Social life and customs : 16th century. KW - Femmes : Italie : Mœurs et coutumes : 16e siècle. KW - Femmes : Italie : Vie intellectuelle : 16e siècle. KW - Femmes : Italie : Histoire : 1450-1600 (Renaissance) KW - Renaissance : Italie. KW - Italie : Mœurs et coutumes : 16e siècle. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Discrimination & Race Relations. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Minority Studies. KW - HISTORY : Renaissance. KW - Manners and customs KW - Renaissance KW - Women : Intellectual life KW - Women : Renaissance KW - Women : Social life and customs KW - Italy KW - 1450-1600 KW - History ER -