A mattress maker's daughter : the Renaissance romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza

Publication Data

• Title A mattress maker's daughter : the Renaissance romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza
• Author Brendan Maurice Dooley
• Publisher Harvard University Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Language English

Contents

Prologue
The family business
The mattress maker's daughter
The heart of combat
Writing the passions
A place for things
Mind over matter
Durable goods
Time and memory
Postscript.

Topics

• Medici, Giovanni de', 1567-1621 :: Relations with women
• Vernazza, Livia, 1590?-1655
• Princes :: Italy :: Biography
• Soldiers :: Italy :: Biography
• Women :: Italy :: Biography
• Mistresses :: Italy :: Biography
• Couples :: Italy :: Biography
• Renaissance :: Italy :: Biography
• Social change :: Italy :: History :: 16th century
• Italy :: Social life and customs :: 16th century
• Italy

A mattress maker's daughter : the Renaissance romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza by Brendan Maurice Dooley. ISBN 9780674724662. Published by Harvard University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.