Gender and Family Networks in Early Modern Italy

by Megan Moran

Women from the Ricasoli and Spinelli families formed a wide variety of social networks within and beyond Florence through their letters as they negotiated interpersonal relationships and lineage concerns to actively contribute to their families in early modern Italy. Women were located at the center of social networks through their work in bridging their natal and marital families, cultivating commercial contacts, negotiating family obligations and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462984573
• ISBN13: 9789462984578
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 298 Pages