Women and men in Renaissance Venice : twelve essays on patrician society / Stanley Chojnacki
| Author(s): | Chojnacki, Stanley |
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| Subjects: | Marriage--Italy--Venice--History Man-woman relationships--Italy--Venice--History Families--Italy--Venice--History Renaissance--Italy--Venice Aristocracy (Social class)--Italy--Venice--History |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 |
| LC Classification: | H, HQ |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Introduction: Family and State, Women and Men 1 Pt. 1. The State, Its Institutions, and Gender 1. Gender and the Early Renaissance State 27 2. Marriage Regulation in Venice, 1420-1535 53 3. From Trousseau to Groomgift 76 4. Getting Back the Dowry 95 Pt. 2. Women, Marriage, and Motherhood 5. Patrician Women in Early Renaissance Venice 115 6. Dowries and Kinsmen 132 7. The Power of Love: Wives and Husbands 153 8. "The Most Serious Duty": Motherhood, Gender, and Patrician Culture 169 Pt. 3. Varieties of Masculinity 9. Measuring Adulthood: Adolescence and Gender 185 10. Kinship Ties and Young Patricians 206 11. Political Adulthood 227 12. Subaltern Patriarchs: Patrician Bachelors 244 Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations 257 Notes 259 Bibliography 345 Index 363 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 99038575 ISBN: 0801862698 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0801863953 (pbk. : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 370 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 41885956 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0801862698 0801863953 |