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
Formats: Print
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

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