Using the records of several Venetian courts that dealt with sex crimes, the author traces the evolution of both licit and illicit sexuality during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. By studying illicit sexuality, Professor Ruggiero anllows the reader to understand more fully the institutions, languages, social life, and values not only of this shadow-culture, but also of Venetian society and, ultimately the Renaissance itself.
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The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice
Using the records of several Venetian courts that dealt with sex crimes, the author traces the evolution of both licit and illicit sexuality during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. By studying illicit sexuality, Professor Ruggiero anllows the reader to understand more fully the institutions, languages, social life, and values not only of this shadow-culture, but also of Venetian society and, ultimately the Renaissance itself.
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The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice
The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice
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| ISBN-13: | 9780195365252 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date: | 03/07/1985 |
| Series: | Studies in the History of Sexuality |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 571 KB |
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