TY - JOUR
AU - Labalme, Patricia H.
AB -  217 SODOMY AND VENETIAN JUSTICE IN THE RENAISSANCE* by PATRICIA H. LABALME (Princeton, N.J.**) 1. Introduction - II. Definition and early background - III. Sodomy and the Council of Ten - IV. The case of 1407 and the establishment of the Ten's monopoly - V. Identifica- tion of suspects and the system of surveillance - VI. Detention, examination, and trial - VII. Problems in government procedure - VIII. The accused: composition and prove- nance - IX. The patricians: privilege and prejudice - X. Children: their punishment and protection - XI. The clergy: negotiations with the Church - XII. Punishments - XIII. Uncertain incidence and consistent concern - XIV. Heterosexual prostitution - XV. The disguise of sex - XVI. Patriarchy and demography - XVII. Secularization and sophisti- cation : the decline of sodomite crime - Appendices I - II. This essay deals with Venetian legal procedures against sodomy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is an historical investigation of a specific crime as it appears in certain archival records. The criminality of that sexual act was a given, supported by references to the Bible, and partially explained by social patterns and attitudes which I have tried to indicate. 
TI - Sodomy and Venetian Justice in the Renaissance
JO - The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit
DO - 10.1163/157181984X00114
DA - 1984-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/sodomy-and-venetian-justice-in-the-renaissance-icCun20eEv
SP - 217
EP - 254
VL - 52
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -