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Brown, Judith C. IMMODEST ACTS : The Life of Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover First Edition

First printing. An historical study based on original documents about the investigation in 1619 to 1623 and the subsequent trial of "Sister Benedetta Carlini of Vellano, abbess of the Theatine nuns of Pescia [near Florence, Italy], who pretended to be a mystic but was discovered to be a woman on ill repute." A title in the Studies in the History of Sexuality series. Includes an appendix with translations of the original documents, notes, index. 214 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription, price-clipped dj.) .ISBN # 0-195036751

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