Marco Faini is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). His recently co-edited volumes include Errors, False Opinions, and Defective Knowledge in Early Modern Europe(Florence, 2023, with Marco Sgarbi). He is the author of Standing at the Crossroads. Stories of Doubt in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2023).

• Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction – Marco Faini Part I. Doubt and the Querelle des Femmes 1. From Sacred Truths to Human Doubts: Arcangela Tarabotti Decrying Men’s Privileges in Seventeenth-Century Venice – Erminia Ardissino 2. Doubt and Skepticism in Renaissance Pro-Woman Arguments – Marguerite Deslauriers Part II. Religion 3. Between Birgitta of Sweden and Savonarola: Domenica da Paradiso and Prophetic Doubt – Eleonora Cappuccilli 4. “Acciò io esca di certi dubbi”: Women’s Dilemma Between Convent and Marriage in Sister Felice Rasponi’s Works – Eleonora Carinci Part III. Literary Circles 5. “Vi prego non abbiate a ridere di cotesto mio inculto e rozzo modo di scrivere”: Questioning and Self-Questioning Women in Renaissance Love Correspondence – Ida Caiazza 6. Doubt and Self-Assertion in Gaspara Stampa’s Rime – Paola Ugolini 7. Beatrice Caracciolo’s Doubts, or Rather, Certainties: A Noblewoman and Her Cultural Interests – Silvana D’Alessio Index

Marco Faini is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). His recently co-edited volumes include Errors, False Opinions, and Defective Knowledge in Early Modern Europe(Florence, 2023, with Marco Sgarbi). He is the author of Standing at the Crossroads. Stories of Doubt in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2023).

• Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction – Marco Faini Part I. Doubt and the Querelle des Femmes 1. From Sacred Truths to Human Doubts: Arcangela Tarabotti Decrying Men’s Privileges in Seventeenth-Century Venice – Erminia Ardissino 2. Doubt and Skepticism in Renaissance Pro-Woman Arguments – Marguerite Deslauriers Part II. Religion 3. Between Birgitta of Sweden and Savonarola: Domenica da Paradiso and Prophetic Doubt – Eleonora Cappuccilli 4. “Acciò io esca di certi dubbi”: Women’s Dilemma Between Convent and Marriage in Sister Felice Rasponi’s Works – Eleonora Carinci Part III. Literary Circles 5. “Vi prego non abbiate a ridere di cotesto mio inculto e rozzo modo di scrivere”: Questioning and Self-Questioning Women in Renaissance Love Correspondence – Ida Caiazza 6. Doubt and Self-Assertion in Gaspara Stampa’s Rime – Paola Ugolini 7. Beatrice Caracciolo’s Doubts, or Rather, Certainties: A Noblewoman and Her Cultural Interests – Silvana D’Alessio Index

Marco Faini is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). His recently co-edited volumes include Errors, False Opinions, and Defective Knowledge in Early Modern Europe(Florence, 2023, with Marco Sgarbi). He is the author of Standing at the Crossroads. Stories of Doubt in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2023).

• Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction – Marco Faini Part I. Doubt and the Querelle des Femmes 1. From Sacred Truths to Human Doubts: Arcangela Tarabotti Decrying Men’s Privileges in Seventeenth-Century Venice – Erminia Ardissino 2. Doubt and Skepticism in Renaissance Pro-Woman Arguments – Marguerite Deslauriers Part II. Religion 3. Between Birgitta of Sweden and Savonarola: Domenica da Paradiso and Prophetic Doubt – Eleonora Cappuccilli 4. “Acciò io esca di certi dubbi”: Women’s Dilemma Between Convent and Marriage in Sister Felice Rasponi’s Works – Eleonora Carinci Part III. Literary Circles 5. “Vi prego non abbiate a ridere di cotesto mio inculto e rozzo modo di scrivere”: Questioning and Self-Questioning Women in Renaissance Love Correspondence – Ida Caiazza 6. Doubt and Self-Assertion in Gaspara Stampa’s Rime – Paola Ugolini 7. Beatrice Caracciolo’s Doubts, or Rather, Certainties: A Noblewoman and Her Cultural Interests – Silvana D’Alessio Index