Leggi sulla prostituzione (1872)
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Comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
Notes and comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
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A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes
The “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia” is a list of some 212 prostitutes, where they lived, and their prices.
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Catalogue of all the principal and most honoured Courtesans of Venice
THIS IS THE CATALOGUE of all the principal and most honoured Courtesans of Venice …
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Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia
QUESTO SI È IL CATALOGO di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia
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An earl, a girl and a gondola
On March 18, 1618, the Collegio received Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), the ambassador of the King of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, who had a rather odd request.
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An authorless book
A book without an author, paid for by a Count of Oxford, who didn’t exist — still it’s useful.
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The Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice never had an actual formal constitution, much less a written constitution. Neither did it have any kind of foundational event.
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Prostitution in Venice
In ancient Venice prostitution was considered a necessary evil, where more harm would come from a ban than from a de facto acceptance