Married women, law and wealth in 14th-century Genoa
| Autor: | Denise Bezzina |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Genoa (UNIGE) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Personal property
05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography 14th-century Genoa 06 humanities and the arts Dowry female agency Redaction 16. Peace & justice 050701 cultural studies succession 060104 history Statute legal history Political science Law Medieval history Assimilation (phonology) Mandate Marital status 0601 history and archaeology General Materials Science [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History [SHS.GENRE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Gender studies |
| Zdroj: | Mélanges de l’École française de Rome-Moyen Âge Mélanges de l’École française de Rome-Moyen Âge, École française de Rome, 2018, pp.121-135. ⟨10.4000/mefrm.4043⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1724-2150 1123-9883 |
| Popis: | International audience; My aim here is to assess the relationship between the marital status of women and their ability to accrue wealth and dispose of it by drawing on multiple sources (especially statutes and notarial sources) and focusing specifically on non-dotal assets in 14th-century Genoa. During this period new norms were introduced in Genoa that echoed those which were being implemented in other north-central Italian cities. The late 13th-/early 14th-century Genoese statutes and the successive redaction of 1375 contain restrictive measures in regard to married women and wealth, but to what extent did practice fall squarely within these prescribed rules? Evidence in notarial sources suggests that while women continued to enjoy some leeway (especially when expressing their last wishes), law and practice largely coincided. This is especially evident in the tendency of married women to give full mandate to husbands to manage their personal property and in the conceptual assimilation of non-dotal assets to the dowry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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