Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence

In 1455, Lusanna, A Beautiful Florentine Woman Of The Artisan Class, Brought Suit Against Her Wealthy, High-born Lover Giovanni, Claiming That She And Giovanni Had Been Secretly Married During Their Clandestine Twelve-year Affair. Blending Scholarship With Insightful Narrative, Gene Brucker Portrays An Extraordinary Womna Who Challenged The Unwritten Codes And Barriers Of Social Hierarchy Of Her Time.--page 4 Of Cover. The Context -- The History Of A Relationship -- The Quest For Justice -- Love, Marriage, And The Social Order -- Epilogue. Gene Brucker. Bibliography: P. 123-135. "In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their clandestine twelve-year affair. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, Gene Brucker portrays an extraordinary womna who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of social hierarchy of her time."--Page 4 of cover Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-135) The context -- The history of a relationship -- The quest for justice -- Love, marriage, and the social order -- Epilogue "In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their clandestine twelve-year affair. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, Gene Brucker portrays an extraordinary woman who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of the social hierarchy of her time."--Page 4 of cover Ser Filippo Mazzei was a Florentine notary whose career spanned the middle decades of the fifteenth century. Analysis of a law suit brought by a young woman against her wealthy lover in fifteenth-century Italy