Boundaries of Eros - Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice

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.

Product details

• Authors: Guido Ruggiero, Guido (Professor of History Ruggiero
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.1985
• EAN: 9780195034653
• ISBN: 978-0-19-503465-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality; Studies in the History of Sexu; Studies in the History of Sexuality
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval