Giovanni and Lusanna

By Gene A. Brucker

Subjects: Adultery--italy--florence--case studies, Social history, Marriage, Renaissance--italy--florence, Hq806 .b78 2005, Social classes--italy--florence--case studies, Adultery, Sources, Social history, medieval, 500-1500, 306.81/0945/5109024, Case studies, Marriage--italy--florence--case studies, Italy, history, Marriage, europe, Renaissance, italy, Social classes, europe, Florence (italy), history, History--sources, Italy, social life and customs, Social history--medieval, 500-1500--case studies, Social classes, Renaissance, Public opinion, Social conditions, History

Description: "In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their clandestine twelve-year affair. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, Gene Brucker portrays an extraordinary womna who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of social hierarchy of her time."--Page 4 of cover.