Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice
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Author_Alexander Cowan
Avogadori Di Comun
Avogaria di Comun
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Chaste Widow
Cittadini Originari
concubinage studies
Concubinal Relationships
Consensual Marriage
council
daughter
Di Comun
Early Modern Venice
elite alliances
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father
gender norms
great
Incremental Association
Lusty Widow
Married Patricians
Married Women
natural
Natural Daughter
patrician
Patrician Father
Patrician Men
patrician society
Patrician Sons
patricians
patriciate
Poor Patricians
Priestly Benediction
Priestly Blessing
Retrospective Registration
San Samuele
social stratification
society
upward mobility in Renaissance Italy
venetian
Venetian Patricians
Venetian Patriciate
Venetian Society
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754657286
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Alexander Cowan is Senior Lecturer and Research Co-ordinator in History at Northumbria University, UK.
