Historia de duobus amantibus

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Historia de duobus amantibus is a 15th-century Latin erotic and epistolary novel, renowned for its vivid depiction of passionate love and often attributed to Pope Pius II before his papacy.

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Historia de duobus amantibus canonical 2

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instanceOf 15th-century work ⓘ
Latin novel ⓘ
erotic literature ⓘ
attributedTo Enea Silvio Piccolomini ⓘ
Pope Pius II ⓘ
author Enea Silvio Piccolomini ⓘ
Pope Pius II ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 15th century ⓘ
circulation early printed editions ⓘ
manuscript ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
criticalReception considered scandalous in later religious contexts ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1440s ⓘ
genre epistolary fiction ⓘ
erotic fiction ⓘ
hasForm series of letters ⓘ
hasProtagonist Euryalus ⓘ
Lucretia ⓘ
historicalContext early Italian humanism ⓘ
influenceOn later European erotic literature ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Italian Renaissance literature ⓘ
literaryTradition humanist Latin prose ⓘ
mainTheme adultery ⓘ
passionate love ⓘ
moralTone ambivalent toward adultery ⓘ
narrativeMode epistolary ⓘ
notableFor early example of Renaissance erotic prose ⓘ
vivid depiction of erotic passion ⓘ
originalTitle Historia de duobus amantibus ⓘ
preservedIn various Renaissance manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Commentaries of Pius II ⓘ
settingLocation Siena ⓘ
settingPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
studiedIn Renaissance Latin literature courses ⓘ
history of erotic literature ⓘ
subjectMatter love affair between a married woman and a young man ⓘ
titleInEnglish The Tale of Two Lovers ⓘ
writtenBefore election of Enea Silvio Piccolomini as Pope Pius II ⓘ

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Pope Pius II → notableWork → Historia de duobus amantibus ⓘ
Historia de duobus amantibus → originalTitle → Historia de duobus amantibus ⓘ