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To Constantinople
- April 10, 2021
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No CommentsAt nineteen, in Rome, Casanova’s career in the Church still seemed to be on track. However, it became known that he had had an affair with a woman called Anna Maria d’Antoni Vallati and Cardinal Acquaviva, his protector in Rome, advised that it would be in his interests to leave the Eternal City. Asked where -
‘Thérèse philosophe’
- August 29, 2020
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The eighteenth century seems to have witnessed a transformation in sexual behaviour and attitudes. There certainly seems to have developed, relative to previous times, an enormous openness with regards to sex (or, at least, heterosexual sex), particularly in cities such as Venice, Paris and London, an openness which went well beyond a libertine few. -
An unusual libertine
- June 15, 2019
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One of the issues we had to deal with regarding our portrayal of Casanova was his relationship with women. For most people the only thing they know about him is that he was a notorious philanderer. And, of course, his promiscuity was a significant feature of his life although it has been exaggerated to
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