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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (/ ˌ k æ s ə ˈ n oʊ v ə, ˌ k æ z ə-/, Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic and provocative sources of information about the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. Casanova was known to use pseudonyms, such as ...
Jun 21, 2019 · Giacomo Casanova's memoirs are celebrated for their thorough depiction of life in 18th-century Europe, but they also detail the escapades of a serial rapist. Eighteenth century Venice was a city of twisting canals, deceptive masks, seductive music, mysterious fog, cutthroat politics, and dreaded prisons. For a place nicknamed La Serenissima, or serene, the Republic of Venice conjured a fair amount of unease.
May 31, 2024 · Giacomo Casanova (born April 2, 1725, Venice [Italy]—died June 4, 1798, Dux, Bohemia [now Duchcov, Czech Republic]) was an ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with “libertine.”.
Aug 10, 2022 · Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to two poor actors. The first of six children, he was looked after by his grandmother while his mother toured around Europe in the theatre, while his father died when he was eight. On his ninth birthday, he was sent to a boarding house. The conditions were terrible, and Casanova felt rejected by his ...
Portrait of Giacomo Casanova (made about 1750–1755) by his brother Francesco Casanova (State Historical Museum, Moscow). First page of Casanova's manuscript. Mémoires de J. Casanova de Seingalt, écrits par lui-même. Histoire de ma vie (The Story of My Life) is both the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer.A previous, bowdlerized version was originally known in English as The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (from the French Mémoires de ...
Jul 5, 2023 · July 5, 2023. Today, Casanova is best known as one of the most famous lovers in history. But the Venetian was more than a womanizer. He was a scam artist and scofflaw, an alchemist, spy and church cleric. He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once. Giacomo Casanova.
In fact, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, and was a far more intellectual figure than the gadabout playboy portrayed on film. He was a true Enlightenment polymath, whose many ...
Giacomo Casanova was an adventurer. He travelled restlessly throughout Europe his entire life meeting kings, cardinals and philosophers. He repeatedly changed roles like a chameleon, going from priest to orchestra violinist, actor to scientist, con man to civil servant. In Paris he founded a lottery, in Lyon a silk factory, constantly seesawing ...
Feb 7, 2023 · Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born to two actors in the Venetian neighborhood of San Samuele. Much of what is known about his life came from his own pen; in middle age, ...
Nov 10, 2016 · Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725, back when the city was a hotbed of vice, famed for its gambling, its courtesans and its carnival. There’s a reason it was such an essential ...
