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Title: Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (Studies in the History of Sexuality) by Judith C. Brown ISBN: 0-19-504225-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent writing!
Comment: This book is a fabulous depiction of the Italian nun, Benedetta Carlini, whose drive for ambition in the Catholic church drove her to get the help of her lesbian lover to create the illusion of stigmata. Through this, she moves to new heights of power and respect in the church and brings money and fortune to the church...but upon accusations and scrutiny, she's brought down to pay for her ambition. The story is a tenderly told one. It has feminist elements and deals with the desperate desire of spoils, along with a not-so-pretty picture of the Church.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my all-time favorites
Comment: If you are interested in Renaissance Italy, gender studies, or the history of the Christian Church, this book is for you. This book presents the story of an ambitious abbess on the road to sainthood a la Catherine of Siena and her fall from grace as she becomes too powerful for the comfort of her male collegues. It is the story of the making and unmaking of a saint. This is one of my favorite books of all time.
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Title: Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence by Gene Adam Brucker ISBN: 0520063287 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman: A Tale of Political Intrigue and Sexual Masquerade by Gary Kates ISBN: 0801867312 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World: Regulating Desire, Reforming Practice by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ISBN: 0415144345 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style by Michael Baxandall ISBN: 019282144X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici by Lauro Martines ISBN: 0195152956 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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