Immodest Acts The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy |
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| Author:
| Brown, Judith C. |
| Series title: | Studies in the History of Sexuality Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-503675-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1985 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Judith C. Brown's discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a seventeenth-century Italian abbess, was an event of major historical importance. It is at once a compelling account of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community, a record of the life of a religious visionary, and one of the earliest documentations of lesbianism in Western history. It illuminates an entire area of social history, religious studies, and the history...
More DescriptionJudith C. Brown's discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a seventeenth-century Italian abbess, was an event of major historical importance. It is at once a compelling account of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community, a record of the life of a religious visionary, and one of the earliest documentations of lesbianism in Western history. It illuminates an entire area of social history, religious studies, and the history of sexual relations between women never previously explored.