Patrimony and law in Renaissance Italy / Thomas Kuehn.

"In the course of the first half of the fourteenth century one of the greatest legal minds of the day, Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), arrived at a definition of family that rested on the equation of family and property, more particularly of familia and substantia. In his words, "fam...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Kuehn, Thomas (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Bartolus and family in law
  • The divisible patrimony : legal property relations of fathers and sons in Renaissance Florence
  • Property of spouses in law in Renaissance Florence
  • Societas and fraterna of brothers
  • Fideicommissum and law : consilia of Bartolomeo Sozzini and Filippo Decio
  • Estate inventories as legal instruments in Renaissance Italy
  • Prudence, personhood, and law in Renaissance Italy
  • Addendum : a final case.