Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence

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Summary: A rare look into Renaissance Florence
Review: For anyone who enjoys history, and especially Italian Renaissance history, this is a gem! This book is an examination of marriage as a legal institution and the prescribed roles of both men and women in it. By examining two actual persons involved in a legal case about the validity of their marriage, Lusanna and Giovanni, Brucker allows the reader a rare glimpse into a more personal type of history- a microhistory, that tries to show the greater mores and norms of Renaissance Florence through the interpretation of a legal case. Although not an easy read, and why should it be, this is an excellent introduction to anyone interested in more detailed historical analysis of law and social institutions in the Renissance.

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Summary: A terrible chore to read
Review: I had to read this book for one of my college history classes and it was just a really tedious process. Even though the book is really short, it took me about 3 days to read it. This book is not a novel. It is not a fictional story. It is a true story that discusses the validity of Giovanni and Lusanna's so called marriage. The entire book is about Lusanna's story, then Giovanni's story. Naturally, each other's statements contradict each other. This whole book is like reading a legal transcript from a court house. The author himself, writes as if he were a witness in the court house as this whole case is broiling. This book is not one bit interesting and as soon as I am finished with my term paper, I'm running back to the book store to return it and getting my money back.

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Summary: Don't listen to the idiot that rated this book so low
Review: I have a review of the previous review. I would not entrust my judgment concerning the quality of a book to an individual whose grammar is so poor.