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Laura Cereta (September 1469 – 1499) was one of the most notable humanist and feminist writers of fifteenth-century Italy.[1]

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  1. 19 relations: Agriculture, Ascanio Sforza, Astrology, Brescia, Convent, Epistolae familiares, Ethics, Feminism, Giacomo Filippo Tomasini, Humanism, Magistrate, Margaret L. King, Mathematics, Petrarch, Plague (disease), Prior (ecclesiastical), Textual criticism, Venice, Verona.

  2. 1469 births
  3. 15th-century Italian women writers
  4. Writers from Brescia

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Ascanio Sforza

Ascanio Maria Sforza Visconti (3 March 1455 – 28 May 1505) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Astrology

Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects.

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Brescia

Brescia (locally; Brèsa,; Brixia; Bressa) is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy.

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Convent

A convent is a community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters.

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Epistolae familiares

Epistolae familiares is the title of a collection of letters of Petrarch which he edited during his lifetime.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Giacomo Filippo Tomasini

Giacomo Filippo Tomasini (17 November 1595 – 13 June 1655) was an Italian Catholic bishop, scholar and historian.

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Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

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Magistrate

The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law.

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Margaret L. King

Margaret L. King (born 1947) is an American historian of the Italian Renaissance and a professor emerita of history at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.

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Mathematics

Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes abstract objects, methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself.

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Petrarch

Francis Petrarch (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Francesco Petrarca), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the earliest humanists. Laura Cereta and Petrarch are Italian Renaissance humanists.

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Plague (disease)

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Prior (ecclesiastical)

Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders.

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Textual criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Verona

Verona (Verona or Veròna) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.

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See also

1469 births

15th-century Italian women writers

Writers from Brescia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Cereta

Also known as Laura Cereta of Brescia.