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 |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2012.
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