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,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1985.
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Colección: | Studies in the history of sexuality.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 223 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index. |
ISBN: | 142375834X 9781423758341 1601295790 9781601295798 9780195056969 0195056965 1280439181 9781280439186 |