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Machiavelli in love : sex, self, and society in the Italian Renaissance by Ruggiero, Guido. is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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A "provocative" study of sex and sexual identity in Renaissance Italy, explored through major literary works and historical archives ( Choice). Machiavelli in Love introduces a complex concept of sex and sexual identity and their roles in the culture and politics of the Italian Renaissance. Guido Ruggiero's study counters the consensus among historians and literary critics that there was little sense of individual identity and almost no sense of sexual identity before the modern period. Drawing
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ruggiero, Guido.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press Project MUSE
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801892028
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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