Description: Giovanni and Lusanna: Love & Marriage in Renaissance Florence by Gene Bruckertrade paperback"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."Very good and clean. Pages are crisp. Two tiny areas of wear at the corners. Very light shelf wear on the covers. Please review the photos.
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Literary Movement: Renaissance
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Book Title: Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence
Item Length: 8.2in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 5in.
Author: Gene A. Brucker
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Italy, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Europe / Renaissance, Europe / General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1988
Genre: Family & Relationships, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 1 Oz
Number of Pages: 100 Pages
