Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice

Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice By Joanne M. Ferraro
2001 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0195144961 | PDF | 3 MB
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.