Italy’s Sixteenth-Century Salonnières A stay at a monastery in Italy brings the sixteenth century and its avant-garde thinkers into focus. Welcome to the salon…

In this salon exploration, I'm in #Tuscany channeling a 16th-century celebrity in a medieval village known as #castelmonastero. #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #italy #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #nonfiction #substack #writingcommunity #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #substackauthor

Italy’s Sixteenth-Century Salonnières A stay at a monastery in Italy brings the sixteenth century and its avant-garde thinkers into focus. Welcome to the salon…

In this #substack post, I explore Tuscany with a sixteenth-century celebrity while ensconced in a medieval village known as #castelmonastero. If you’d like to see how the poet Vittoria Colonna made my stay moody, I welcome you to the salon! #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #italy #tuscany