Veronica Franco
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Creator: Holle M. Cantaella
Date Created
2014
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Lock Haven, PA
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| Veronica Franco was a renowned Venetian courtesan who produced a number of extant poems and letters in which she addresses love, sex, and the plight of Renaissance women. Fame and fortune did not last for Franco, however. Her home was sacked during an outbreak of plague in the 1570s, and she was later dragged before the Inquisition on a charge of witchcraft. Although not convicted, Franco's reputation and finances were ruined so that her last days were spent in poverty and obscurity. |
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