This book focuses on the identity and public personae of the dogaressa, wives of the elected doges of medieval and early modern Venice. The study traces the evolution of the public functions of the group of quasi-royal wives, rare for their visibility, during Venice's development into a regional economic and political power.

Autorentext
HOLLY S. HURLBURT is Assistant Professor of History at Southern Illinois University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction Legislating the Dogaressa Introducing the Dogaressa The Dogaressa's Office Death and the Dogaressa Recalling the Dogaressa The End of an Era