Nefarious Crimes, Contested Justice Illicit Sex and Infanticide in the Republic of Venice, 1557-1789

• Главный автор: Ferraro, Joanne M. (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Johns Hopkins University Press 2008
• Предметы: Gender studies, gender groups
• Online-ссылка: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This captivating history exposes a clandestine world of family and community secrets-incest, abortion, and infanticide-in the early modern Venetian republic. With the keen eye of a detective, Joanne M. Ferraro follows the clues in individual cases from the criminal archives of Venice and reconstruct...