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Paolina's Innocence

Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice [Paperback]

by Larry Wolff

    • Author

      Larry Wolff

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Stanford University Press

    • Published

      October 2012

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      In the summer of 1785, in the city of Venice, a wealthy 60-year-old man was arrested and accused of a scandalous offense: having sexual relations with the 8-year-old daughter of an impoverished laundress. Although the sexual abuse of children was probably not uncommon in early modern Europe, it is largely undocumented, and the concept of "child abuse" did not yet exist. The case of Paolina Lozaro and Gaetano Franceschini came before Venice's unusual blasphemy tribunal, the Bestemmia, which heard testimony from an entire neighborhood--from the parish priest to the madam of the local brothel. "Paolina's Innocence" considers Franceschini's conduct in the context of the libertinism of Casanova and also employs other prominent contemporaries--Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carlo Goldoni, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Cesare Beccaria, and the Marquis de Sade--as points of reference for understanding the case and broader issues of libertinism, sexual crime, childhood, and child abuse in the 18th century.

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      • Author

        Larry Wolff

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Stanford University Press

      • Published

        October 2012

      • Weight

        477g

      • Page Count

        328

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780804762625

      • ISBN-10

        0804762627

      • Eden Code

        4025991

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      • Author/Creator: Larry Wolff

      • ISBN: 9780804762625

      • Publisher: Stanford University Press

      • Release Date: October 2012

      • Weight: 477g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 4025991

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