Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence
by Gene Brucker
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Author: Gene BruckerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1988-01-11
ISBN: 0520063287
Number of pages: 100
Publisher: University of California Press
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Summary: 4 Stars
Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence is an account of lovers maintaining social status despite going against certain social expectations. It is a historically significant tale because of the exceptionally detailed documents pertaining to their troubles; these documents describe the norms of the Florentine society throughout the renaissance and show in what ways Giovanni and Lusanna are rebels in their time. Giovanni courted Lusanna whilst she was wed to another, and when she became widowed Giovanni supposedly married her in a small ceremony but later denied the rite, resulting in a legal battle. By providing an exception to the social mores the testimonies of witnesses, along with official documents of a case where Lusanna protested the marriage of her alleged husband to a second woman provide the basis for studying the societal norms of renaissance Florence. Since "the relationship between Giovanni and Lusanna bridged two different milieux; its denouement in the archiepiscopal court provides a rare and revealing glimpse of social structures and values in Medicean Florence."(94) The in-depth witness testimonies not only tell the stories of this particular relationship but also reveal how society functioned then.
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