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100 1  Dooley, Brendan Maurice,|d1953- 
245 12 A mattress maker's daughter :|bthe Renaissance romance of 
       Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza /|cBrendan 
       Dooley. 
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bHarvard University Press,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Prologue -- The family business -- A mattress maker's 
       daughter -- The heart of combat -- Writing the passions --
       A place for things -- Mind over matter -- Durable goods --
       Time and memory -- Postscript. 
520    Main Description:A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly 
       illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual 
       affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their 
       times. According to the Renaissance legend, told and 
       retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable 
       reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into 
       marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is don 
       Giovanni de' Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she
       is Livia Vernazza, daughter of a Genoese artisan. They 
       live in luxury for a while, far from Florence, and have a 
       child. Then, Giovanni dies, the family pounces upon the 
       inheritance, and Livia is forced to return from riches to 
       rags. Documents, including long-lost love letters, reveal 
       another story behind the legend, suppressed by the family 
       and forgotten. Brendan Dooley investigates this largely 
       untold story, among the various settings where episodes 
       occurred, between Florence, Genoa, Venice. In the course 
       of explaining their improbable liaison and its 
       consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores early 
       modern emotions, material culture, heredity, absolutism, 
       and religious tensions at the crux of one of the great 
       transformations in European culture, society, and 
       statecraft. Giovanni and Livia exemplify changing concepts
       of love and romance, new standards of public and private 
       conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and 
       legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gave 
       way to the culture of Counter Reformation and Early Modern
       Europe. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Medici, Giovanni de',|d1567-1621|xRelations with women. 
600 10 Vernazza, Livia,|d1590?-1655. 
650  0 Princes|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Soldiers|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Women|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Mistresses|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Couples|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Renaissance|zItaly|vBiography. 
650  0 Social change|zItaly|xHistory|y16th century. 
650  7 HISTORY|zEurope|zItaly.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY|xRenaissance.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Italy|xSocial life and customs|y16th century. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aDooley, Brendan Maurice, 1953-|tMattress
       maker's daughter|z9780674724662|w(DLC)  2013031633
       |w(OCoLC)861478373 
830  0 I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history. 
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