How to (and how not to) get married in sixteenth-century Venice.

Examines the Venetian patrician marriages in the sixteenth century and its impact on the relationship between patrician families and the public interest of the city. Process of patrician marriages in the period; Importance of the value of gifts in the marriages; Quality of entertainment; Samplings...

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Publicado en:	Renaissance Quarterly Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 43 - 73
Autores principales:	Labalme, Patricia H., White, Laura Sanguineti
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press Spring99
Materias:	Social history Social classes Marriage Diary (Literary form) Italy Venice (Italy)
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Sumario:	Examines the Venetian patrician marriages in the sixteenth century and its impact on the relationship between patrician families and the public interest of the city. Process of patrician marriages in the period; Importance of the value of gifts in the marriages; Quality of entertainment; Samplings of marital process that went awry.