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Record Number: 5712 Author(s)/Creator(s): Meek , Christine. Contributor(s): Title: Women Between the Law and Social Reality in Early Renaissance Lucca [The author examines cases in which women claimed their dowries, either because their husbands had died or because their husbands' finances were very precarious]. Source: Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society.  Edited by Letizia Panizza.  European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2000.  Pages 182 - 193. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Dowries Economics Law Lucca, Lucca, Italy Wives Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 13- 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Legal Document; Lucca, Archivio di Stato di Lucca. The author draws many of her documents from the Archivio de' Notari. Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Trinity College, Dublin Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2000. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 1900755092

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