Daily Life in Renaissance ItalyGreenwood Press, 2001 - 316 pagina's
Recipes, profiles of actual individuals, and over 40 illustrations help bring the period to life. Learn what they ate, what their homes were like, how they spent their leisure time, what their work was like, and much more. Modern readers will be surprised to find fundamental similarities between our lives today and the lives of these people living over 500 years ago, as well as to discover that many of the perceptions they may have of this time period are inaccurate. |
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... marriage often just ex- changed one obedience for another , it signaled a major break with earlier life . A wedding rearranged one's closest social relationships . Most adult Italians married . Elite families , for honor and thrift ...
... marriage as linking not merely two individuals but two families . Exchanging economic and political resources and cementing social al- liances , it benefited not only the bridal pair but also wider networks of kin and associates ...
... marry differed for Age of Marriage women and for men . For females , the precariousness of honor pushed for early marriage , but the search for dowry argued for delay . By these logics , girls from families rich enough to dower them ...
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From Birth Through Adolescence | 177 |
From Marriage Through Death | 199 |
Houses Food and Clothing | 215 |
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Daily Life in Renaissance Italy Elizabeth Storr Cohen,Thomas Vance Cohen Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |