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The boundaries of Eros : sex crime and sexuality in Renaissance Venice / Guido Ruggiero.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruggiero, Guido, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Studies in the History of Sexuality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex crimes--Italy--Venice--History.
- Sex crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 pages)
- Edition:
- New Edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press Incorporated, 1989
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Utilizing the records of several Venetian courts that dealt with sex crimes, Ruggiero traces the evolution of both licit and illicit sexuality during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Through this examination of illicit sexuality, Ruggiero sheds light on the institutions, languages, social life, and values not only of this shadow-culture, but also of Venetian society and, ultimately, the Renaissance itself.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- I: The Sexual Environment of Renaissance Venice: An Introduction
- II: Fornication and Then Marriage
- III: Adultery: Marriage and Sex
- IV: Sex Crimes against God
- V: Violence and Sexuality: Rape
- VI: Sodom and Venice
- VII: Perspectives on Normal Sexuality: An Essay
- Notes
- Bibliographic Essay
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-60534-0
- 9786610605347
- OCLC:
- 1027206010
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