Through his research on the status of women in Florence and other Italian cities, Julius Kirshner helped to establish the socio-legal history of women in late medieval and Renaissance Italy and challenge the idea that Florentine women had an inferior legal position and civic status. In "Marriage,
Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
β Scribed by Julius Kirshner
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 471
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
In Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy, Kirshner collects nine important essays which address the socio-legal history of women in Florence and the cities of northern and central Italy.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Marriage, Dowry, And Citizenship In Late Medieval And Renaissance Italy
Introduction
1.Making And Breaking Betrothal Contracts (Sponsalia) In Late Trecento Florence
2. Li Emergenti Bisogni Matrimoniali In Renaissance Florence
3. Materials For A Gilded Cage: Nondotal Assets In Florence, 1300β1500
4. The Morning After: Collecting Monte Dowries In Renaissance Florence
5. The Seven Percent Fund Of Renaissance Florence
6. Wivesβ Claims Against Insolvent Husbands In Late Medieval Italy
7. Women Married Elsewhere: Gender And Citizenship In Medieval Italy
8. Dowry, Domicile, And Citizenship In Late Medieval Florence
9. PisaβS βLong-Armβ Gabella Dotis (1420β1525): Issues, Cases, Legal Opinions
Original Publication Information
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
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