Noble status and social differentiation in early modern Europe -- The Avogaria di Comun and the Prove de Nobilta -- Outsider brides and their families -- Huomini civili and patrician marriage -- The social dimensions of acceptability -- Concubines and natural daughters -- Gender and honourable, and dishonourable behaviour -- Marriage and the patriciate
Summary
The case of Prudentia Bonzanino, an outsider asking for official permission to marry into a closed elite, illustrates many of the key issues discussed in this book. Her case takes us into the complex world of social relationships and the ways in which they were mediated through the links and created through marriage in early modern Europe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index
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