Immodest Acts. The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. - BROWN, J. C.,
Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy.
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The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history. Born of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at...
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1987 Uitgever: Oxford University Press 224 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0195042255 ISBN-13: 9780195042252Koop dit boek tweedehands
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