- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA; New Ed edition (13 April 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195056965
- ISBN-13: 978-0195056969
- Product Dimensions: 21.9 x 14.1 x 1.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,022,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"[A] fascinating and pioneering work...Ruggiero's ideas are brilliantly tantalizing."--Journal of Social History
"[A] highly original and highly acclaimed, almost magical transformation of dusty legal records into [a] book."--Biblioth que d'Humanisme et Renaissance
"Colorful, ground-breaking....Ruggiero's vivid survey of sexual behavior is an important contribution to Venetian historiography which no social, political, or cultural study will be able to ignore."--Renaissance Quarterly
"An important and fascinating study that provides a new perspective on Renaissance culture and society. Highly recommended."--Library Journal
"Lucid and vigorous....Gives important background for understanding sexuality depicted in romance epic."--Katherine King, University of California, Los Angeles
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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.
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