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Sacred Narratives (Hardcover)
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Sacred Narratives (Hardcover)
Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
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The most prominent woman in Renaissance Florence, Lucrezia
Tornabuoni de' Medici (1425-1482) lived during her city's golden
age. Wife of Piero de' Medici and mother of Lorenzo the
Magnificent, Tornabuoni exerted considerable influence on
Florence's political and social affairs. She was also, as this
volume illustrates, a gifted and prolific poet.
This is the first major collection in any language of her extensive
body of religious poems. Ranging from gentle lyrics on the Nativity
to moving dialogues between a crucified Christ and the weeping
sinner who kneels before him, the nine "laudi" (poems of praise)
included here are among the few such poems known to have been
written by a woman. Tornabuoni's five "storie sacre, " narrative
poems based on the lives of biblical figures-three of whom, Judith,
Susanna, and Esther, are Old Testament heroines-are virtually
unique in their range and expressiveness. Together with Jane
Tylus's substantial introduction, these poems offer us both a
fascinating portrait of a highly educated and creative woman and a
lively sense of cultural and social life in Renaissance Florence.
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