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Author Kuehn, Thomas, 1950-

Title Heirs, kin, and creditors in Renaissance Florence / Thomas Kuehn.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages)
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.
Summary A previously unexamined serial registry of repudiations of inheritance provides a greater understanding of law and society in Renaissance Florence.
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.
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Subject Inheritance and succession -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Inheritance and succession.
Italy -- Florence.
History.
Renunciation of inheritance -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Renunciation of inheritance.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kuehn, Thomas, 1950- Heirs, kin, and creditors in Renaissance Florence. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2008 9780521882347 0521882346 (DLC) 2007050180 (OCoLC)177022924
ISBN 9780511388286 (electronic book)
0511388284 (electronic book)
0511387296 (electronic book)
9780511387296 (electronic book)
0521882346 (Cloth)
9780521882347 (hardback)