ازدواج، آداب و تحرک در ونیز اوایل مدرن (مطالعات شهری تاریخی)

Throughout history, marriage has been used as a method of creating and strengthening bonds between elites and the societies over which they ruled. Nowhere is this more apparent than in early modern Venice, where members of the patriciate looked to marital alliances with outsider brides to help maintain their position and social distinction in a fluid society. This book explores the parameters of upward social mobility, contemporary evaluations of social status and moral behaviour, and the place of marriage and concubinage within patrician society. Drawing heavily on the records of the Avogaria di Comun, which had the task of examining the social backgrounds and moral reputations of women from outside the patriciate who wished to marry patricians, this study provides a fascinating reconstruction of Venetian society as it was seen by individuals at every level. Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 9 List of Tables......Page 10 General Editors’ Preface......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 List of Abbreviations......Page 18 1 Noble Status and Social Differentiation in Early Modern Europe......Page 20 2 The Avogaria di Comun and the Prove di Nobiltà......Page 42 3 Outsider Brides and Their Families......Page 66 4 Huomini Civili and Patrician Marriage......Page 86 5 The Social Dimensions of Acceptability......Page 110 6 Concubinage and Natural Daughters......Page 136 7 Gender and Honourable and Dishonourable Behaviour......Page 154 8 Marriage and the Patriciate......Page 170 Conclusion......Page 188 Appendices......Page 196 Bibliography......Page 206 C......Page 222 F......Page 223 L......Page 224 N......Page 225 U......Page 226 V......Page 227 Z......Page 228 Throughout history, marriage has been used as a method of creating and strengthening bonds between society's ruling elites. Nowhere is this more apparent than in early modern Venice, where members of the urban patrician class looked to marital alliances to help maintain their position and social distinction in a fluid society. This book explores these social relationships and the ways in which they were mediated through the links created by marriage. It looks at the changing composition of the Venetian ruling elite during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, examining the complex relations 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 Noble status and social differentiation in early modern Europe The Avogaria investigations Outsider brides and their families Huomini civili and patrician marriage The social dimensions of acceptability Concubines and natural daughters Gender, honourable, and dishonourable behaviour Marriage and the patriciate Conclusion.