Il puttanismo romano
By: Gregorio Leti ; a cura di Emanuela Bufacchi.
Contributors: Bufacchi, Emanuela.
Series: Faville -- 28
Publisher: Salerno
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800; Papal courts -- Early works to 1800; Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: Satirical 17th-cent. text on the sexual habits of high prelates as a means of denouncing the true iniquities of the Church of the time, from nepotism to the infallibility of the Pope and the Inquisition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.