Title Paolina's Innocence : Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice / Larry Wolff

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) Contents The parish priest in the church of Sant'Angelo -- The blasphemy tribunal -- A stroke of providence -- Sexual criminals and young girls -- The housekeeper's dilemma -- The caffetiere in his coffee house -- Coffee and gossip -- Friulians in Venice -- Inside Franceschini's apartment -- The Dalmatian widow -- The interrogation of Franceschini -- Casanova's girls -- The scandal of Franceschini -- Child pornography and the Marquis de Sade -- The freedom of the libertine -- Rousseau's simple project -- Paolina Lozaro in her own words -- Paolina Lozaro in the history of childhood -- The chimera of innocence -- The secret history of sexual abuse Summary 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 abuse"" did not yet exist. The case of Paolina Lozaro and Gaetano Franceschini came before Venice's unusual blasphemy tribunal, the Bestemmia, which heard testimony from an entire neighborhood-from the parish priest to the madam of the local broth Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Franceschini, Gaetano, 1725?- -- Trials, litigation, etc Lozaro, Paolina, 1777- -- Trials, litigation, etc SUBJECT Franceschini, Gaetano, 1725?- fast Lozaro, Paolina, 1777- fast Subject Trials (Child sexual abuse) -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th century Child sexual abuse -- Investigation -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th century Libertinism -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th century Sociological jurisprudence -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Child sexual abuse -- Investigation Libertinism Sociological jurisprudence Trials (Child sexual abuse) Italy -- Venice Genre/Form History Trials, litigation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804782104 0804782105 0804762619 9780804762618 0804762627 9780804762625

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