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Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Dates, Currency, and Measures xv 1 Mystery and Silence 1 2 The Setting: Sex and the City 12 3 Renaissance Teenagers: Working Girls 51 4 Teenage Girls and Birth Control 85 5 Renaissance Fundamentalists and Girls in Trouble 113 6 Virgin Girls and Venereal Disease 148 7 Conclusion: Friction in the Archives 169 Appendix: Sexual Politics: Giulia and the Crown Prince Gonzaga 183 Notes 191 Bibliography 221 Index 235 This page intentionally left blank ...

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