The paradox of perfection: Reproduction the body politic in late Renaissance Venice

Sperling examines the kinship structure of the patriciate in early modern Venice. Unstoppable escalation of dowries resulted in financial burdens upon lineages that they met by sending supernumerary daughter to nunneries against their wills and disinherited younger sons. The patriciate's emphas...

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Endogamy
Escalation
Families & family life
History
Interpersonal relations
Kinship
Nobility
Political systems
Population
Renaissance period
Social classes
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