Konrad Eisenbichler The sword and the pen
women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena
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Introduction -- At Petrarch's tomb : the first bloom of a short springtime -- Aurelia Petrucci : admired and mourned -- Laudomia Forteguerri : constructions of a woman -- Virginia Martini Salvi : an indomitable woman -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Selected poetry by Sienese women: Ermellina Arringhieri de' Cerretani ; Francesca B ; Pia Bichi ; Ortensia Scarpi ; Atalanta Donati ; Laudomia Forteguerri ; Lucrezia Figliucci ; Cassandra Petrucci ; Silvia Piccolomini ; Virginia Martini Casolani Salvi ; Onorata Tancredi Pecci