Heirs, kin, and creditors in Renaissance Florence /

A previously unexamined serial registry of repudiations of inheritance provides a greater understanding of law and society in Renaissance Florence.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuehn, Thomas, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: The ambivalence of inheritance
  • Introduction: Of inheritance and kinship
  • Family and inheritance
  • Florentine laws regulating inheritance and repudiation
  • Repudiation and inheritance
  • Profile of Florentine repudiation and inheritance
  • Repudiations and household wealth
  • Repudiation as an inheritance practice
  • Repudiations in dispute.