Title Patrimony and law in Renaissance Italy / Thomas Kuehn

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 260 pages) Contents Bartolus and family in law -- The divisible patrimony : legal property relations of fathers and sons in Renaissance Florence -- Property of spouses in law in Renaissance Florence -- Societas and fraterna of brothers -- Fideicommissum and law : consilia of Bartolomeo Sozzini and Filippo Decio -- Estate inventories as legal instruments in Renaissance Italy -- Prudence, personhood, and law in Renaissance Italy -- Addendum : a final case Summary "In the course of the first half of the fourteenth century one of the greatest legal minds of the day, Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), arrived at a definition of family that rested on the equation of family and property, more particularly of familia and substantia. In his words, "familia accipitur in iure pro substantia." Just what was included in substantia he did not elaborate. His contemporary, Alberico da Rosciate (1290-1360), came to an identical equation, or in his terms, "familia, id est substantia."1 But he revealed more about that substantia, specifically including nonmaterial elements, dignitas and memoria, in that substance.2 Dignitas and memoria comprised such things as family name and coat of arms, size and style of dwelling, and all else that contributed to family honor, in other words. Those were all elements that members of a family shared. That sharing may have been most evident at the moments at which it ended or was under some threat, such as the very moment that was Bartolus's focus, namely death and inheritance. The ideal case was that as the nominal owner of the substantia died his son stepped forward and acceded to the substantia so seamlessly that in some sense father and son had shared the patrimony together. The tie between father and son was indeed substantial"-- Provided by the publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed March 9, 2022) Subject Bartolo, of Sassoferrato, 1313-1357. Albericus, de Rosate, 1290-1360. Soccini, Bartolommeo, 1436-1507. Decio, Filippo, 1454-1536 or 1537. SUBJECT Albericus, de Rosate, 1290-1360 fast Bartolo, of Sassoferrato, 1313-1357 fast Decio, Filippo, 1454-1536 or 1537 fast Subject Inheritance and succession -- Italy -- History -- 14th century Marital property -- Italy -- History -- 14th century Fideicommissum -- Italy -- History -- 14th century Inventories of decedents' estates -- Italy -- History -- 14th century Wills -- Italy -- History -- 14th century Fideicommissum Inheritance and succession Inventories of decedents' estates Marital property Wills Italy Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021041326 ISBN 9781009072816 1009072811 9781009075725 1009075721

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