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1 Reflecting on the Nature of Historical Discourse: Some Theoretical Considerations 1 Introduction 1 Epistemological Considerations 3 Descriptive gender studies 3 The Scott-Tilly-Varikas controversy on gender/experience/ discursive reality 5 Intellectual history after the linguistic turn: texts and reality 10 Meaning and experience in historical reality: a realist epistemological position 13 Methodological Considerations 16 The Object of Study and its Underlying Normative Commitment 20 Logic of the Chapter Arrangement 22 2 The Social Experiences of Artisans in the Light of the Ruler-Ruled Relationship 25 Introduction 25 The Conceptualization of the Early Moder State in Contemporary Writings and the Case of Venice 27 The Dialectics of Patrician-Popolani Relations and its Impact 37 Patrician hegemony expressed through the state 43 Popular consent in civil society 51 Anti-hegemonic tendencies 68 Concluding Remarks 86 3 The Cultural Experiences of Venetian Artisans During the Renaissance 89 Introduction 89 Culture/Popular Culture and Historical Studies 90 Artists and Artisans in Renaissance Venice 96 The separation of mental work from manual work 96 The world of Venetian artists and artisans 99 Artist-Artisan Collaboration 128 The Issue of Art Consumption 131 The role of trade guild confraternities in art promotion 137 The role of devotional confraternities in art patronage 144 The role of small confraterities in narrative paintings 147 Some Concluding Remarks 150 Appendix 152 4 Visible Women: The Feminist Experiences of Three Venetian Writers 155 Introduction 155 Moderata Fonte, Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti: Three Early Feminist Voices 158 Moderata Fonte's 11 merito delle donne 160 Lucrezia Marinella's La nobilth et eccellenza delle donne 164 Arcangela Tarabotti as a nun and a feminist 167 The Preconditions for Feminism in Early Modern Venice 172 The Intellectual Status of Women in Sixteenth-century Italy 173 The Social Status of Women in Early Modern Venice 176 The oppression of women and social class 176 The patriarchal view of female morality 1,78 Marriage and 'donne malmaritate' (unhappily married women) 179 Conclusions 180 5 Invisible Women: The Working Experiences of Venetian Lacemakers 183 A Useful Opening 183 Interiority in History: The World of Venetian Working Women 185 A short itinerary through the historical writings on women's work in Venice 186 A dramatic story of insignificant women 190 Dramatis personae 191 Narrative sequences 196 The world of lacemaking 200 Deciphering the Meaning of Women's Working Experiences 208 Afterwords 218 Conclusions 219Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797, Venice (Italy) Social conditions To 1797, Women Italy Venice History, Artisans Italy Venice History, Man-woman relationships Italy Venice History