Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice

Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0198033117
ISBN-13 : 9780198033110
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Book Synopsis Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice by : Joanne M. Ferraro

Download or read book Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice written by Joanne M. Ferraro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-27 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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