The Smart Set: Sex and the Renaissance Nun. “Church officials in Venice and Rome turned a blind eye to these activities, but reluctantly investigated some of the most blatant and scandalous cases. The Italian academic Guido Ruggiero has pored over countless documents to find that only 33 convents were prosecuted for “sex crimes against God” [...]
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Sex and the Renaissance Nun
September 25th, 2007
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de Volkskrant – Architecten willen af van weg Mussolini “Mussolini liet de weg, die van de Piazza Venezia naar het Colosseum voert, aanleggen om zijn militaire parades rechtstreeks in verband te brengen met de triomfen van het oude Rome.” (tags: architecture rome mussolini) Mr. Potter’s Curious Dioramas “he 19th-century taxonomist created a wonderful series of [...]
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