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Three people in a marriage: a woman and two men. This was the eighteenth-century Italian aristocratic model of marriage, characterized by the presence of the cicisbeo, the official escort of another man's wife. Did this delineate a clear and brazen sexual depravity or rather a complex and refined social institution, revealing many aspects of Italian civilization in the Age of the Enlightenment? Not only was the presence of a cicisbeo part of a matrimonial, family model; it was also an important factor socially and politically. In a period in which the presence of women at parties was sought - at the theatre and in salons - the lady's escort played an essential part in promoting a couple's social life. Indeed, the company and friendship (and perhaps love) which bound a lady and her escort occurred with the knowledge and under the control of the families of the interested parties. Of course, this 'triangular' arrangement was not unproblematic. The existence of a third party posed a threat to conjugal fidelity and the legitimacy of offspring and, towards the early nineteenth century, when the ideals of Romanticism and the French Revolution were popular there was a rapid decline in the practice. For as Italy reconstructed its national identity alongside other modern European countries the image of private immorality associated with cicisbeism constituted an intolerable blemish.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Lady's Man
• Podtytuł: The Cicisbei, Private Morals and National Identity in Italy
• Autor: Roberto Bizzocchi
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 7
• EAN: 9781137450920
• ISBN: 1137450924
• ID: 04772174
• Wydawca: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Waga: 616 g
• Wymiary: 241 × 158 × 22 mm
• Data wydania: 20. November 2014

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