Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy PDF
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I TATTI STUDIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HISTORY Sponsored by Villa I Tatti Harvard University Center for Italian Re nais sance Studies Florence, Italy K. J. P. Lowe, Series Editor Series Editorial Board Melissa Meriam Bullard James Hankins Katharine Park Lino Pertile Dennis Romano DAUGHTERS OF ALCHEMY Women and Scientifi c Culture in Early Modern Italy (cid:2)(cid:3) Meredith K. Ray Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland 2015 Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Ray, Meredith K., 1969– Daughters of alchemy : women and scientifi c culture in early modern Italy / Meredith K. Ray. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-50423-3 (alk. paper) 1. Women in science— Italy— History. 2. Women scientists— Italy— Biography. 3. Science— Italy— History. I. Title. Q130.R37 2015 509.2'5220945— dc23 2014035683 For Owen Contents Introduction 1 1 Caterina Sforza’s Experiments with Alchemy 14 2 Th e Secrets of Isabella Cortese: Practical Alchemy and Women Readers 46 3 Scientifi c Culture and the Re nais sance Querelle des Femmes: Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella 73 4 Scientifi c Circles in Italy and Abroad: Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrocchi 111 Epilogue 156 Abbreviations 163 Notes 165 Bibliography 249 Ac know ledg ments 281 Index 283 Daughters of Alchemy
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