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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