Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy

Thomas Kuehn is Emeritus Professor of History at Clemson University. His previous publications include five books, three of which have been published with Cambridge University Press. Heirs, Kin, and Creditors in Renaissance Florence (2008) was awarded the Marraro Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book on Italian history. He has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters and coedited two volumes of scholarly essays.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Bartolus and Family in Law; 3. The Divisible Patrimony: Legal Property Relations; of Fathers and Sons in Renaissance Florence; 4. Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence; 5. Societas and Fraterna of Brothers; 6. Fideicommissum and Law: Consilia of Bartolomeo Sozzini and Filippo Decio; 7. Estate Inventories as Legal Instruments in Renaissance Italy; 8. Prudence, Personhood, and Law in Renaissance Italy; 9. Addendum: A Final Case; 10. Conclusion.

'Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy analyzes the family as part of the sharing economy at the intersection of law, property, and households in Renaissance Italy. It is an essential work for scholars seeking to understand the entangled development of individual legal rights amidst the increasing codification of family law and the evolving familial economy of medieval and Renaissance Italy.' Caroline Castiglione, Brown University