VIC342H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Veronica Franco, House Of Venier
9 Dec 2017
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Like roman gladiators, who were slaves with a small chance to ascend to freedom; Courtesanship a way for some to become para-noble: the honest courtesan the highest-regarded form of sex worker. Honest courtesans ought to have only two clients actively. In franco"s will, money left especially to poor girls; financed a home for unmarried women with children provided their repentance. In the book of the courtier, women prohibited from training in the use of weapons; Machiavelli: war the preoccupation of the male prince: i will rejoice at having turned my pain to bloodshed, feeling satisfaction. I may regret it later and kill myself, but still i"m going to kill you first: responding to a metaphorical strike against her person by a lover. Layers of dishonor: to strike a woman, to strike with a hidden weapon, to strike someone who is defenseless .
