Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy

by Julius Kirshner

Through his research on the status of women in Florence and other Italian cities, Julius Kirshner helped to establish the socio-legal history of women in late medieval and Renaissance Italy and challenge the idea that Florentine women had an inferior legal position and civic status.

In Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy, Kirshner collects nine important essays which address these issues in Florence and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442614218
• ISBN13: 9781442614215
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"