Venice: A Discarded Daughter: Arcangela Tarabotti: The Rebel Nun of Baroque Venice

In the magical world of seventeenth-century Venice-lacework palaces flickering in gleaming waterways, opulence and decadence, creative liberty, and political rigidity-we are astounded to find that La Serenissima's dozens of convents housed most of the city's well-to-do girls and women, many of whom had been locked up by force, enclosed for life with little or no recourse to ever step beyond confining walls.

A Discarded Daughter delves into the rich history of Venice, providing framework for ...