
Leonardo da Vinci’s private life
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The Relationship Between Leonardo and Sally
Sally joined Leonardo's household at the age of 10, which would even more raise alarm bells with modern listeners. This is kind of what you might call a pedarastic model, which follows the model that's common in the ancient world or an older man. It was oddly, it's more taboo back in the 15th and 16th century for two adult men to be having sex with one another. But we'd write through until the 20th century, you find these cases of people being quite tolerated by their circles of friends,. Even while having relationships.
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