Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 14131
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Meek , Christine.
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  • Title: La donna, la famiglia, e la legge nell'epoca di Ilaria del Carretto [the limits imposed on Italian women were imposed in Lucca as they were elsewhere; law and practice, however, could differ, often to the women's advantage; women can be found bringing suits claiming that they had been coerced by their families into marriages to which they had not consented; wives of insolvent husbands can be found petitioning for restitution of their dowries; widows can be found serving as guardians of their minor children without the advice or consent of their late husbands' kin].
  • Source: Ilaria del Carretto e il suo monumento: la donna nell'arte, la cultura, e la società del '400. Atti del convegno Internazionale di Studi, 15-16-17 Settembre, 1994, Palazzo Ducale, Lucca.  Edited by Stéphane Toussaint. Translated by Clotilde Soave Bowe..  Edizioni S. Marco Litotipo, 1995.  Pages 137 - 163.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Canon Law Consent Dowries Lucca, Lucca, Italy Marriage Widows
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available