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A Lady's Man

- The Cicisbei, Private Morals and National Identity in Italy

About A Lady's Man

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 escort of another man's wife. Was it a brazen depravity or a complex and refined social institution, revealing aspects of Italian civilization in the Age of the Enlightenment?

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781137450920
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Published:
  • November 20, 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 158x241x22 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 616 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: October 24, 2024

Description of A Lady's Man

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 escort of another man's wife. Was it a brazen depravity or a complex and refined social institution, revealing aspects of Italian civilization in the Age of the Enlightenment?

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