Paolina's Innocence : Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice.

Paolina's Innocence : Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice.

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 l...

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Main Author: Wolff, Larry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012
Subjects:
Franceschini, Gaetano, > 1725?- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Lozaro, Paolina, > 1777- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Child sexual abuse > Investigation > Italy > Venice > History > 18th century.
Libertinism > Italy > Venice > History > 18th century.
Sociological jurisprudence > Italy > Venice > History > 18th century.
Trials (Child sexual abuse) > Italy > Venice > History > 18th century.
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