Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7530
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Epstein , Steven A.
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  • Title: The Medieval Family: A Place of Refuge and Sorrow [examples of violence, exploitation, and incest in Genoese families; also looks at entries in Giovanni Balbi's dictionary relating to family].
  • Source: Portraits of Medieval and Renaissance Living: Essays in Honor of David Herlihy.  Edited by Samual K. Cohn, Jr. and Steven A. Epstein.  University of Michigan Press, 1996.  Pages 149 - 171.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Child Abuse Family Genoa, Genova, Italy Incest Marriage Violence
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Colorado, Boulder
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0472106716