Вероника Франко (итал. Veronica Franco; 1546, Венеция, Венецианская республика — 22 июля 1591, Венеция, Венецианская республика) — венецианская куртизанка и поэтесса эпохи Возрождения.
Dangerous Beauty is a 1998 American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, and Oliver Platt. Based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft. The film features a supporting cast that includes Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was released as A Destiny of Her Own in some regions, and was retitled The Honest Courtesan for its UK video release.
10 неожиданных фактов о венецианках, которые даже в Средние века умудрялись говорить о правах женщин