Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice (Historical Urban Studies)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780754657286
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Social history; Women's studies; History; History: World; Modern - General; Italy; Marriage; Social classes; Social mobility; Venice
Description: The case of Prudentia Bonzanino, an outsider asking for official permission to marry into a closed elite, illustrates many of the key issues discussed in this book. Her case takes us into the complex world of social relationships and the ways in which they were mediated through the links and created through marriage in early modern Europe.