| Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice Contributor(s): Ferraro, Joanne M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195144961 ISBN-13: 9780195144963 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: Based on a fascinating body of previously unexamined archival material, this book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians during the age of Catholic revival. Looking at scripts that were brought to the city's ecclesiastical courts by spouses seeking to annul their marriage vows, this book opens up the emotional world of intimacy and conflict, sexuality, and living arrangements that did not fit normative models of marriage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - History | Europe - Italy - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.810 |
| LCCN: 2001016336 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.1" W x 9.22" (0.77 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on a fascinating body of previously unexamined archival material, this book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians during the age of Catholic revival. Looking at scripts that were brought to the city's ecclesiastical courts by spouses seeking to annul their marriage vows, this book opens up the emotional world of intimacy and conflict, sexuality, and living arrangements that did not fit normative models of marriage. |
