Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy, 1300–1600
by
Thomas Kuehn
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107401321
ISBN-13
9781107401327
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 2017
Print length
402 Pages
Weight
594 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 51.20 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
European historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Gender studies, gender groups
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This book explores the varied relationships within Italian families, specifically including paternal power, gender stereotypes, marriage, and inheritances, from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. It shows the importance of law to families during this time, and reveals how pliable law was in regards to gender.
This book studies family life and gender broadly within Italy, not just one region or city, from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Paternal control of the household was paramount in Italian life at this time, with control of property and even marital choices and career paths laid out for children and carried out from beyond the grave by means of written testaments. However, the reality was always more complex than a simple reading of local laws and legal doctrines would seem to permit, especially when there were no sons to step forward as heirs. Family disputes provided an opening for legal ambiguities to redirect property and endow women with property and means of control. This book uses the decisions of lawyers and judges to examine family dynamics through the lens of law and legal disputes.
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