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In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, this text aims to debunk this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society.

Convents the Body Politic in Late Renaissance

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 3/15/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226769356, 978-0226769356
      ISBN10: 0226769356

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      Book Synopsis
      In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, this text aims to debunk this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society.

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