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Accounting for Affection

Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome
By:C. Castiglione
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230203310
eText ISBN:9781137315724
Edition:0
Copyright:2015
Format:Reflowable

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Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome.