Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice
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Book Overview
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195144961
ISBN13:9780195144963
Release Date:September 2001
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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TRue Bedroom STories
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
No, women were far from powerless in Venice during the late Renaissance, and this book tells you how. This author had a field day in Venetian church archives. She was the first one to read transcripts of real cases in what then was the only "divorce" court. Graphic details make this an enjoyable -- and convincing -- read. But Ferraro is also a first-rate historian, and presents strong evidence that women of high and low classes did use this church court to get either an annulment (which allowed them to re-marry) or "separate bed and board" which at least allowed them to get away from an abusive spouse.This book is a pioneering study and should appeal not only to historians, but to sociologists, psychologists, and to any literate person interested in peering into a previously hidden corner of the past.
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