Beyond Florence Maria Castro Romero Nelson also focuses on the

Nelson also focuses on the genre's limitations and the difficult methodological questions that accompany their use in scholarly endeavors

Before Spaniards and Americans affixed their own names to the land

the author of this accessibly written volume addresses a real but long-neglected problem: the pain and humiliation of sexual assault suffered by many women at the hands of their partners

A better source for morality

Steeped in Greek Christian writings

Beyond Florence Maria Castro Romero Nelson also focuses on theFor many years English language scholarship on late medieval and early modern Italy was largely dominated by work on Florence as a city, culture, and economic and political entity. During the past few decades, however, scholarship has moved well beyond the "Florentine model" to explore the diversity of Italian urban and provincial life the "many Italies" that stretched from the Apennines to the Mediterranean. This volume brings together a group of