Woman in Italy : From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress (Hardcover)

Part 1. The Idealization of Woman. 1. The Chivalrous Service of Love. 2. The Doctrine of Celestial Love and its Courtly Observance. Part 2. The Real Woman at Home and in Life. 1. The Maiden. 2. Betrothal. 3. Marriage. 4. The Wedded Pair. 5. Passion and Flirtation. 6. The Woman at Home: the House. 7. The Woman at Home: the Housewife; Servants and Slaves. 8. The Mother. 9. Widowhood, Sickness, Death, and Burial. 10. Stir, Perils and Amusements of Life. 11. Dress and Adornment. 12. Religion, Superstition, and Deeds of Piety. 13. Canonized and Beatified Women. 14. The Nun. 15. Morals. 16. The Courtesan. 17. The Constraint and Partial Affranchisement of a Sex: Legal Status, Liberal Education, and Economic Independence.