Non-Elite Women's Networks Across the Early Modern World

'introduction' -- Elizabeth S. Cohen And Marlee J. Couling Part I: Mediterranean Crossings 1. 'going Beyond Montagu: The Network Of Subaltern Women On The Turkish Embassy, 1716-18' -- Bernadette Andrea 2. 'gendered Naming Practices Among Coptic Christians In Sixteenth-century Cairo: A Preliminary Assessment' -- Shauna Huffaker 3. 'the Queen Of Algiers: An Enterprising Renegade In The Rome Of Sixtus V'- Cristelle Baskins 4. 'an Exotic Migrant, Despina Basaraba Networks A New Life In Papal Rome Circa 1600' -- Elizabeth S. Cohen Part Ii: Local Networks In Europe 5. 'domestic Violence And Networks Of Female Support In Seventeenth-century England' -- Marlee J. Couling 6. 'the Place-based Professional Networks Of Sex Workers In Sixteenth-century Venice' -- Saundra Weddle 7. 'noi Povere Figlie: Professional And Social Strategies Of The Musicians At The Venetian Ospedali Maggiori' -- Vanessa M. Tonelli 8. 'food And Drink Make Relationships: Female Alliances And Commensality In celestina And La Lozana Andaluza' -- Min Ji Kang Part Iii: Body And Spirit In Colonial Spanish America 9. 'wall Neighbors, Mothers-in-law, And Comadres: Spousal Violence And Networks Of Plebeian Female Intimacy And Solidarity In Early Colonial Mexico City (1550-1650)' -- Jacqueline Holler 10. 'far From The Margins: Non-elite Single Women And Spiritual Networking In Colonial Guatemala' -- Brianna Leavitt-alcantara Index Edited By Elizabeth Storr Cohen And Marlee J. Couling. Amsterdam University Press Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.