Women in Italy 1350-1650: Ideals and Realities - Paperbackby Mary Rogers (Author), Paola Tinagli (Author) This enlightening book aims to fill the gap in the literature on women's lives from the mid fourteenth to the mid seventeenth century, a time in which Italian urban societies saw much debate on the nature of women and on their roles, education and behaviour. Indeed these were debates which would in subsequent years resonate throughout Europe as a whole. Using a broad range of contemporary source