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The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena Format:Paperback For readers of leadership booksIn The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets, in particular, Aurelia Petrucci, Laudomia Forteguerri, and Virginia Salvi, during the first half of the sixteenth century up to the fall of Siena in 1555. Eisenbichler sets forth a complex and original interpretation of the experiences of these three educated noblewomen and their contributions to contemporary