Women, Sex and Marriage in Early Modern Venice - Hardback - 2004

This study investigates the moral policies of both Church and State in the age of CounterReformation confessionalization in Venice. Examining ecclesiastical and civil lawsuits, the author shows how central sexual morality was to the patriarchal society of 16th and 17thcentury Venice.
Year of publication: 2004
Pagination: 272 pages, index
Format: Hardback
Serie: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History