Index Entry | Castration, of singers, Pope ends practice |
Location | Rome |
Citation | VGW(HU.770.012 22 Mar 1770:11 (983) Paris, Dec. 10. They write from Rome that the Pope, who continues to employ himself about every means that may tend to the reformation of manners, has just issued an ordonnance which proscribes, for ever, within his dominion, the indecent outrage committed on young male subjects, in order to preserve their voices for the choir. |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
Date | 1770.03.22 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1770 |
Bibliography | B0048464 |