Gender, Sexuality, and Syphilis in Early Modern Venice The Disease that Came to Stay

A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, wid...

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Autor principal: McGough, Laura J. (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2010.
Colección:Early Modern History: Society and Culture.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege.
Descripción Física:X, 202 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780230298071