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- Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy
- Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bartolus and Family in Law
- 3 The Divisible Patrimony
- 4 Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence
- 5 Societas and Fraterna of Brothers
- 6 Fideicommissum and Law
- 7 Estate Inventories as Legal Instruments in Renaissance Italy
- 8 Prudence, Personhood, and Law in Renaissance Italy
- 9 Addendum
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Prudence, Personhood, and Law in Renaissance Italy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy
- Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bartolus and Family in Law
- 3 The Divisible Patrimony
- 4 Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence
- 5 Societas and Fraterna of Brothers
- 6 Fideicommissum and Law
- 7 Estate Inventories as Legal Instruments in Renaissance Italy
- 8 Prudence, Personhood, and Law in Renaissance Italy
- 9 Addendum
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Mismanagement of property was always a threat to family survival and patrimonial continuity. Law provided a process by which an imprudent manager could be deemed unfit, even insane (furiosus), and placed under guardianship. While prudence was a quality too slippery to define, it was also generally expected, such that the "prudent man" was a standard of behavior. Here too, things were not simple and conflicts arose, as the sharing economy of the household was under strain by the demands or actions of someone others thought insane.
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- Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy , pp. 200 - 221Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022