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.

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