Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices was first published as a Catholic primer for worship between intimates, then reformed for individual Protestant worship, and then reformed again for Protestant worship between intimates. Each adaptation engages the
The widow is a complex figure in Italian literature—by definition associated with death and loss, she is a character at times to be pitied, and at times to be feared. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, a woman's fundamental social identity changed when her husband died. ...