Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence

Brucker, Gene

ISBN 10: 0520244958 / ISBN 13: 9780520244955

Editore: University of California Press, 2004

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Riassunto:

This compelling account of a wronged woman in Renaissance Florence, first published in 1986, is a fascinating view of Florentine society and its attitudes on love, marriage, class, and gender. Lusanna was a beautiful woman from a middle-class background who, in 1455, brought suit against Giovanni, her aristocratic lover, when she learned he had contracted to marry a woman of his own class. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, the book portrays an extraordinary woman who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of the social hierarchy and dared to seek a measure of personal independence in a male-dominated world.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Gene Brucker is Shepard Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.He is the author of Renaissance Florence (California, 1983), Florence: The Golden Age (California, 1998), and Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence: Selected Essays (California, 2005).

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in ...
Casa editrice: University of California Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket