TY - BOOK ID - 77870852 TI - Sacred narratives AU - Tornabuoni, Lucrezia AU - Tylus, Jane PY - 2001 SN - 1281126098 9786611126094 0226808572 9780226808574 9780226808529 0226808521 0226808548 9780226808543 PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Religious poetry, Italian KW - Italian religious poetry KW - Italian poetry KW - Tornabuoni, Lucrezia, KW - Medici, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de', KW - Tornabuoni dei Medici, Lucrezia, KW - Dei Medici, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, KW - Tornabuoni Medici, Lucrezia, KW - italy, italian, history, historical, academic, scholarly, research, renaissance, time period, era, florence, florentine, medici family, royalty, royals, class, ruler, famous, well known, golden age, city, urban, 1400s, poetry, poetic, religion, religious, faith, belief, god, lyric, nativity, dialogue, christ, crucifixion, old testament, heroine, widow, judas, john the baptist, queen esther. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77870852 AB - The most prominent woman in Renaissance Florence, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici (1425-1482) lived during her city's golden age. Wife of Piero de' Medici and mother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Tornabuoni exerted considerable influence on Florence's political and social affairs. She was also, as this volume illustrates, a gifted and prolific poet. This is the first major collection in any language of her extensive body of religious poems. Ranging from gentle lyrics on the Nativity to moving dialogues between a crucified Christ and the weeping sinner who kneels before him, the nine laudi (poems of praise) included here are among the few such poems known to have been written by a woman. Tornabuoni's five storie sacre, narrative poems based on the lives of biblical figures-three of whom, Judith, Susanna, and Esther, are Old Testament heroines-are virtually unique in their range and expressiveness. Together with Jane Tylus's substantial introduction, these poems offer us both a fascinating portrait of a highly educated and creative woman and a lively sense of cultural and social life in Renaissance Florence. ER -