This book focuses on the identity and public personae of the dogaressa, wives of the elected doges of medieval and early modern Venice. The study traces the evolution of the public functions of the group of quasi-royal wives, rare for their visibility, during Venice's development into a regional economic and political power.

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HOLLY S. HURLBURT is Assistant Professor of History at Southern Illinois University, USA.

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Book Title: The Dogaressa of Venice, 1200-1500
Book Subtitle: Wives and Icons
Authors: Holly S. Hurlburt
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-03782-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-29447-2Published: 22 February 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-03782-4Published: 27 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 304
Topics: European History, History of Medieval Europe, Modern History, Ancient History, History of Italy, Gender Studies

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Legislating the Dogaressa

Introducing the Dogaressa

The Dogaressa’s Office

Death and the Dogaressa

Recalling the Dogaressa

Epilogue: The End of an Era

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