Séduction, espace familial et autorité dans la Renaissance italienne

Seduction, Family Space and Authority in the Italian Renaissance. L. Martines. Based upon 251 tales by more than thirty writers, this essay examines family space in Italian Renaissance cities (c. 1350 to 1560). Seen in the context of parental authority, the theme and stratagems of amatory seduction, whether by male or female, focus the inquiry. Household space, window and door areas, going into the streets, and visits to relatives and churches are all considered. Women of the propertied classes were supervised and kept mostly at home. Family space went where women went; it did not follow men. Given the extreme dangers involved, seduction was bound to be fearful. Closed domestic space encouraged real or imagined incest. Having corralled his women, the hegemonic male was then haunted by fears of what went on inside the enclosure.Martines Lauro. Séduction, espace familial et autorité dans la Renaissance italienne. In: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 53ᵉ année, N. 2, 1998. pp. 255-290