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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, Dowry, And Citizenship In Late Medieval And Renaissance Italy, Kirshner Collects Nine Important Essays Which Address These Issues In Florence And The Cities Of Northern And Central Italy. Using A Cross-disciplinary Approach That Draws On The Methodologies Of Both Social And Legal History, The Essays In This Collection Present A Wealth Of Examples Of Daughters, Wives, And Widows Acting As Full-fledged Social And Legal Actors. Revised And Updated To Reflect Current Scholarship, The Essays In Marriage, Dowry, And Citizenship In Late Medieval And Renaissance Italy Appear Alongside An Extended Introduction Which Situates Them Within The Broader Field Of Renaissance Legal History.-- Introduction -- Making And Breaking Betrothal Contracts (sponsalia) In Late Trecento Florence / With Osvaldo Cavallar -- Li Emergenti Bisogni Matrimoniali In Renaissance Florence -- Materials For A Gilded Cage: Nondot

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Author

Julius Kirshner

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442664524

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Science, Social Science