A Lady's Man: The Cicisbei, Private Morals and National Identity in Italy - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Roberto BizzocchiSeries:Genders and Sexualities in HistoryTheme:Aspects (Academic)/Historical, Chronological Period/18th Century, Cultural Region/ItalyPublish date:11/20/2014Pages:7
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137450920ISBN-10:1137450924UPC:9781137450920Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Gender StudiesBook Topic:Italy, 18th CenturySize:9.30 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.577Product ID:SCGMGTHWB5
Three people in a marriage: a woman and two men. This was the eighteenth-century Italian aristocratic model of marriage, characterized by the presence of the cicisbeo, the escort of another man's wife. Was it a brazen depravity or a complex and refined social institution, revealing aspects of Italian civilization in the Age of the Enlightenment?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137450920ISBN-10:1137450924UPC:9781137450920Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Gender StudiesBook Topic:Italy, 18th CenturySize:9.30 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.577Product ID:SCGMGTHWB5
Roberto Bizzocchi teaches Early Modern History at the University of Pisa, Italy. Among others, he has written In famiglia. Interessi e affetti nell'Italia moderna (Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001), and Genealogie incredibili. Scritti di Storia nell'Europa moderna (Bologna, il Mulino, 2009 2nd. ed., French translation: Paris, Editions Rue d'Ulm 2010).
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