Giovanni and Lusanna

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This paper examines Gene Adam Brucker's novel, "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence," which is a real story of a contested marriage between the title individuals of that time. The paper illustrates how Brucker attempts to illuminate larger issues of gender roles in marriages, the legal institution of marriage, and the social and legal norms surrounding personal conduct of this period, through the Florentine court case.

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"A common cliche is that the truth is stranger than fiction. However, in the case of a divorce proceeding or a contested marriage, it might be more accurate to state that the truth is more tumultuous, heart wrenching, and yes, greedy than any fictional rendition of divorce could possibly be imagined in the mind of a storyteller. Such a supposition might seem appropriate to our own, contemporary times, where reality television programs such as "The People's Court" seems far more grotesque in the violence depicted than, for instance, "Kramer versus Kramer." However, this is a phenomenon much older than even America's existence itself. Gene Adam Brucker's book Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence chronicles the contested marriage between the title individuals, real people who lived in Italy during the period that gives its name to the subtitle of the book."

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