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Husbands, wives, and concubines : marriage, family, and social order in sixteenth-century Verona /

"Peopled by characters from across the social spectrum of the city of Verona and its contado, Emlyn Eisenach moves between stories about specific individuals - serving girls seeking honorable marriage through the unlikely route of concubinage, peasant men in search of independence from their fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eisenach, Emlyn, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, 2004.
Colección:Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 69.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : family order and patriarchal order
  • 1. Patriarchal ideology and the domestication of authority
  • 2. Two styles of wedding ritual : brides with fathers and brides without fathers
  • 3. Strategic uses of clandestine marriage
  • 4. Tenere a sua posta : concubinage in Verona
  • 5. Marriage dissolution and honor
  • 6. Conclusions.