Letters and orations
by Robin, Diana Maury, Fidelis, Cassandra
fromThe other voice in Early Modern Europe
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Type: Book
By the end of the fifteenth century, Cassandra Fedele (1465-1558), a learned middle-class woman of Venice, was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. A cultural icon in her own time, she regularly corresponded with the king of France, lords of Milan and Nap…