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Maddalena Scrovegni (1356 ca.-1429) was an Italian humanist.


Biography

Maddalena Scrovegni was from a very wealthy family from Padua, Italy; she was the only daughter in the family. Her father was Ugolino da Scrovegni. She married Francesco Manfredi, a knight, in 1376. Manfredi died by 1381. In 1383, Scrovegni wrote a letter to the Carraresi family to exonerate her family after they were exiled in Padua. The family was welcomed back into Paduan society under the Carraresi patron, Francesco il Vecchio. She was the subject of Antoni Loschi's poem ''The Temple of Chastity'', written in 1389. In the poem, Loschi depicts Scrovegni as Chastity and that her study or home was a temple. The poem was commissioned by the House of Visconti in response to Scrovegni's letter. Scrovegni, her father, and her brothers were exiled to
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in 1390. In Venice, she founded a
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. She died in Venice in 1429. Scrovegni communicated with Angela Nogarola.


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Further reading

*Jacobus, Laura (2018) Maddalena Scrovegni (1356 ca-1429). In: Murano, G. (ed.) Autographa II: Donne, Sante e Madonna (da Matilde da Canossa ad Artemesia Gentileschi). Imola, Italy: Editrice La Mandragora. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrovegni, Maddalena 1350s births 1429 deaths People from Padua Italian Renaissance humanists 15th-century Venetian women Italian women writers