The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice

by Guido Ruggiero

Book Overview

Using 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, providing insight into Venetian society and, ultimately, the Renaissance itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195056965
• ISBN13: 9780195056969
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"