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Book SynopsisJoanne M. Ferraro is Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at San Diego State University, USA. She is the author of
Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice (2001), which won both the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Book Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women Book Prize. She is also the author of
Venice: History of the Floating City (2012),
Nefarious Crimes, Contested Justice: Illicit Sex and Infanticide in the Republic of Venice, 1557- 1789 (2008) and
Family and Public Life in Brescia, 1580-1650 (1993).
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor’s Preface,
Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University, USA) Introduction,
Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University, USA) 1. Courtship and Ritual,
Debra Kaplan (Bar Ilan University, Israel) 2. Religion,
Cecilia Cristellon (Max Planck Institute, Germany) 3. State and Law,
Elizabeth Marjorie Plummer (University of Arizona, USA) 4. The Ties That Bind,
Anna Bellavitis (Rouen University, France) 5. The Family Economy,
Jutta Sperling (Hampshire College, USA) 6. Love, Sex, and Sexuality,
Sara F. Matthews-Grieco (Syracuse University in Florence, Italy) 7. Breaking Vows,
Martin Ingram (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Representation,
Andrea Bayer (Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index
