Alexander Cowan

Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Throughout history, marriage has been used as a method of creating and strengthening bonds between elites and the societies over which they ruled. Nowhere is this more apparent than in early modern Venice, where members of the patriciate looked to marital alliances with outsider brides to help maintain their position and social distinction in a fluid society. This book explores the parameters of upward social mobility, contemporary evaluations of social status and moral behaviour, and the place of marriage and concubinage within patrician society. Drawing heavily on the records of the Avogaria di Comun, which had the task of examining the social backgrounds and moral reputations of women from outside the patriciate who wished to marry patricians, this study provides a fascinating reconstruction of Venetian society as it was seen by individuals at every level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317100270
• Artikelnr.: 45095813

Autorenporträt

Alexander Cowan is Senior Lecturer and Research Co-ordinator in History at Northumbria University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

chapterOne Noble Status and Social Differentiation in Early Modern Europe
chapterTwo The Avogaria di Comun and the Prove di Nobiltà
chapterThree Outsider Brides and Their Families
chapterFour Huomini Civili and Patrician Marriage
chapterFive The Social Dimensions of Acceptability
chapterSix Concubinage and Natural Daughters
chapterSeven Gender and Honourable and Dishonourable Behaviour
chapterEight Marriage and the Patriciate
conclusion Conclusion