A lecture by Lisa Kaborycha
Though virtually unknown today, the epistles of Brigida Baldinotti circulated widely in Florentine manuscript collections during the 15th century - she was a rare, respected female voice on the Florentine quattrocento literary scene. Moreover, the life of this wife and mother from Pistoia was far from uneventful; and we will reconstruct her life and examine how her family was stricken by personal tragedy when they came into conflict with Lorenzo de' Medici.
This lecture derives from Lisa Kaboricha’s primary research in the manuscript collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, the Riccardiana, and Laurenziana, as well as in the archives of both Florence and Pistoia.
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This lecture is sponsored by Calliope Arts, an organisation dedicated to expanding public knowledge of art, literature and social history from a female perspective.