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Record Number:
7708
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Chabot , Isabelle.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Lineage Strategies and the Control of Widows in Renaissance Florence [The author argues that to ensure the male monopoly over wealth and power, men manipulated maternity (ranging from relationships with children to inheritance) for the interests of their patrilineage].
Source:
Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Sandra Cavallo and Lyndan Warner. Women and Men in History. Longman, 1999. Pages 127 - 144.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Davizzi, Lena, Widow and Nun
Dowries
Family
Florence
Inheritance
Patrilineage
Remarriage
Widows
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
14- 15
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Abstract:
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Florence
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0582317479