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Widowhood in early modern Spain protectors, proprietors, and patrons / by Fink De Backer, Stephanie

Table of Contents: “…Widows and the literary imagination -- Subjects of counsel -- Objects of desire -- Sex in the city -- To her alone pertains the governance of all her house (Gaspar Astete) -- Master and mistress of the household -- Father and mother of their children -- A widow's work is never done -- Worthy recipients and pious donors -- Widowhood, poverty, and charity -- Family, memory, and the sacralization of urban space -- Coda. …”
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A companion to Juan Luis Vives

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Charles Fantazzi -- Juan Luis Vives : works and days / Enrique González González -- Vives and the emarginati / Charles Fantazzi -- The social and political thought of Juan Luis Vives : concord and counsel in the Christian commonwealth / Catherine Curtis -- The De isciplinis as a model of a humanistic text / Valerio Del Nero -- Vives's contributions to rhetoric and dialectic / Peter Mack -- A philosophical treatise on the soul : De anima et vita in the context of Vives's Opus / Valerio Del Nero -- Author, adversary, and reader : a view of the De veritate fidei Christianae / Edward V. …”
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