Household and lineage in Renaissance Florence : the family life of the Capponi, Ginori, and Rucellai / Francis William Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, F. W. (Francis William), 1942- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upper class--Italy--Florence.

Upper class.

Upper class families--Italy--Florence--History.

Upper class families.

Renaissance--Italy--Florence.

Renaissance.

Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Florence (Italy).

Capponi family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professor Kent is concerned with one of the major questions posed by historical research on the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance: did these periods witness the nuclearization of the aristocratic family? Considering three celebrated and representative Florentine ottimati lineages, the author reconstructs the histories and activities of scores of their households for the period circa 1420-1550. The author describes the nuclear and extended households and the acknowledgement of kinship among the men and separate households of each patrilineage. His analysis indicates that the nuclear family and the clan cannot justifiably be regarded as opposing forms of family organization, each representative of a distinct historical era and social ambience. Professor Kent's study places Renaissance individualism in a wider, more corporate social context than that in which it has been traditionally viewed by historians.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

LIST OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS CITED

TWO EXPLANATORY NOTES

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE "NEAREST KINSMEN"

PART TWO. THE LINEAGE AND ITS PARTS

CONCLUSION

GENEALOGICAL CHARTS

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691643960

0691643962

9780691616728

0691616728

9781400869756

1400869757

OCLC:

933516455