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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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Published in:Renaissance Quarterly Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 43 - 73
Main Authors: Labalme, Patricia H., White, Laura Sanguineti
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Spring99
Subjects:
Social history
Social classes
Marriage
Diary (Literary form)
Italy
Venice (Italy)
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