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Paolina's Innocence: Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice
Paolina's Innocence Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice
Author: Larry Wolff
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 largely undocumented, and the concept of "child ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804762618
ISBN-10: 0804762619
Publication Date: 10/10/2012
Pages: 328
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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