Giovanni and Lusanna
Subtitle: love and marriage in Renaissance Florence
By: Gene Brucker.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Adultery -- Italy -- Florence -- Case studies.; Marriage -- Italy -- Florence -- Case studies.; Social classes -- Italy -- Florence -- Case studies.; Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Case studies.; Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.; Florence (Italy) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.; Florence (Italy) -- History -- Sources.
Description: "In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their clandestine twelve-year affair. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, Gene Brucker portrays an extraordinary womna who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of social hierarchy of her time."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 123-135.