Women, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy (Paperback, New edition)

Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, a brilliant historian of the Annales school, skillfully uncovers the lives of ordinary Italians of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Tuscans in particular, young and old, rich, middle-class, and poor. From the extraordinarily detailed records kept by Florentine tax collectors and the equally precise "ricordanze" (household accounts with notations of events great and small), Klapisch-Zuber draws a living picture of the Tuscan household. We learn, for example, how children were named, how wet nurses were engaged, how marriages were negotiated and celebrated. A wealth of other sources are tapped--including city statutes, private letters, philosophical works on marriage, paintings--to determine the social status of women. Klapisch-Zuber reveals how women, in their roles as daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers, were largely subject to a family system that needed them but valued them little.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1987
First published:	June 1987
Authors:	Christiane Klapisch-Zuber • Lydia G. Cochrane
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	354
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-43926-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-226-43926-7
Barcode:	9780226439266

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!