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Franco, Veronica (1546-1591), Venetian Courtesan Poet ... Veronica Franco was born in Venice into a family who were native-born citizens with hereditary rights. As a professional caste, the cittadini originari made up the Venetian government bureaucracy and the religious confraternities.
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www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/BIOS/A0017.html
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In 1565, when she was about 20 years old, Veronica Franco was listed in Il Catalogo di tutte le principale et piu honorate cortigiane di Venezia, which gave the names, addresses, and fees of Venice's most prominent prostitutes;
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home.infionline.net/~ddisse/franco.html
home.infionline.net/~ddisse/franco.html
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The most famous Venetian courtesan, Veronica Franco, was born in 1546. Veronica was the daughter of a former courtesan and contrary to assumption did not want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Married at an early age, she found herself in a loveless union and desperately wanted out.
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www.morbidoutlook.com/nonfiction/articles/2001_08_duali...
www.morbidoutlook.com/nonfiction/articles/2001_08_duality.html
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Veronica Franco (whose life is featured in the motion picture Dangerous Beauty) was a sixteenth-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection captures the frank eroticism and impressive eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology.
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www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13649.ctl
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Margaret F. Rosenthal, The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice ... Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was such a woman, a writer and citizen of Venice, whose published poems and familiar letters offer rich testimony to the complexity of the honest courtesan's position. Margaret F.
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www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/7926.ctl
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A collection of carefully edited poems in terza rima by Veronica Franco, and similar terza rima to her. ... Capitolo 1:- From the Magnifico Marco Venier to Veronica Franco.; Capitolo 2:- Veronica Franco's response to Capitolo 1. ; Capitolo 3:- Elegiac verses written by Franco, away from Venice.; Capitolo 4:- A response...
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www.thepoetsgarret.com/franco/franco.html
www.thepoetsgarret.com/franco/franco.html
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One of these was Veronica Franco. She was trained for the job by her mother, who had in her youth been a courtesan. Veronica was an intelligent woman, and quickly became a fixture in the literary salons of Venice.
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www.jazzbabies.com/home/franco.htm
www.jazzbabies.com/home/franco.htm
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The Other Veronica Franco links...
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www.unc.edu/~franco/theotherone.html
www.unc.edu/~franco/theotherone.html
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