Thomas Kuehn (South Carolina Clemson University)

Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy

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Produktbeschreibung

Family was a central feature of social life in Italian cities. This wide-ranging volume explores patrimony in legal thought and how family property was inherited, managed and shared legally and its central role in Renaissance Italy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781316513538
• ISBN-10: 131651353X
• Artikelnr.: 62354805

Autorenporträt

Thomas Kuehn is Emeritus Professor of History at Clemson University. His previous publications include five books, three of which have been published with Cambridge University Press. Heirs, Kin, and Creditors in Renaissance Florence (2008) was awarded the Marraro Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book on Italian history. He has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters and coedited two volumes of scholarly essays.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Bartolus and Family in Law
3. The Divisible Patrimony: Legal Property Relations
of Fathers and Sons in Renaissance Florence
4. Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence
5. Societas and Fraterna of Brothers
6. Fideicommissum and Law: Consilia of Bartolomeo Sozzini and Filippo Decio
7. Estate Inventories as Legal Instruments in Renaissance Italy
8. Prudence, Personhood, and Law in Renaissance Italy
9. Addendum: A Final Case
10. Conclusion.