Heirs, Kin, and Creditors in Renaissance Florence

Klappentext A previously unexamined serial registry of repudiations of inheritance provides a greater understanding of law and society in Renaissance Florence. Zusammenfassung The process of inheritance was one of the most important moments in social life of the past! but also one of the most difficult to study. This book exploits a previously unexamined source of inheritance practices in Renaissance Florence! the serial registry of repudiations of inheritance! in order to understand social life and law of this historically important European society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: the ambivalence of inheritance; Introduction: inheritance and kinship; 1. Family and inheritance; 2. Florentine laws regulating inheritance and repudiation; 3. Repudiation and inheritance; 4. Profile of Florentine repudiation and inheritance; 5. Repudiations and household wealth; 6. Repudiation as an inheritance practice; 7. Repudiations in dispute.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Kuehn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521178471
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17847-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval