Index
ab intestato (see also inheritance)
31 , 36 , 40n43 , 43n51 , 44 , 44n52 , 245n56
abode
65 , 141 , 392
account books/register
225 , 232 , 258 , 261 –263 , 262n17 , 263n20 , 264 –266 , 269 –270 , 408
accusation
291 –293 , 297 , 351 , 363
administration
37 , 59 , 201 , 210 , 255 –256 , 258 , 263 , 289 , 302 , 311 , 314 , 382 , 391
bad administration
294
domestic administration
259
economic administration
277
family administration
274
household administration/management
255 , 261
husband’s administration
60 , 75 , 176 , 201
public administration
30
administration/management of/over property
3 , 18 , 198 , 210 , 257 , 273 , 297 , 345 , 372
administration of wealth
383 , 414
administrative class
89
administrative expertise
297
administrative records
273
administrative rights
403
administrative skills
277
adultery
163 , 351
advance
37 , 56 , 74 , 137 –138 , 214 , 248 –249 , 356 , 380
advocates
2 , 59 , 75 , 410
affiliation
299
familial affiliation
299
marital affiliation
179
agency
1 , 11 –13 , 16 , 18 , 84 , 259 , 345 , 372 , 402 , 420
of women/female agency
14 –15 , 17 –18 , 30 , 85 , 255 , 258 , 259n11 , 260 –263 , 269 , 277 , 284
agnates/agnati/agnatus (see also kinship, relatives)
35n26 , 43n51 , 48n60 , 290 , 294 , 298
agnatio
35
favoragnationis
33 , 38 , 42 , 44
agrarian contexts
259
agrarian holdings
384
agrarian interests
267
agrarian milieus
415
agrarian property (
see
property
)
agarian production
311
agreements
5 , 8 , 16 , 20 , 34 , 59 , 68 , 71 , 74 , 87 , 92 , 119 , 126 –127 , 132 , 134 , 143 , 155 , 158 –159 , 161 , 183 , 189 , 202 , 226 –227 , 229 , 233 –236 , 346 , 370 , 378 –380 , 384 , 392 , 394 –395 , 406 , 409 , 411 –412
bilateral agreement
226
civil agreement
376
contractual agreement
4 , 162 , 405
divorce agreement
378 –379 , 386 , 389 –391
extra-judicial agreement
20 , 395
inheritance agreement
62 , 119
lease agreement
196
marriage agreement
60 , 377 –378 , 381 –385 , 388 –389
mutual donation agreement
134
oral agreement
16 , 93 , 411
property agreement
17 , 141 , 174 , 178 , 196
retirement agreement
86 , 93 –94 , 99
separation agreement
378
succession agreement
138
transfer agreement
405
verbal agreement
181
written agreement
93 , 412
agriculture
3 , 217
Aînesseintégrale
121n9 , 124 , 128 , 132
alimony
21 , 363 , 375 , 377 , 381 –382 , 385 –386 , 394 , 396 , 405
provisional alimony
381
right to alimony
381 , 390
alimony claims
395 , 409
alimony payments
379
allocation of usage rights/Auszeigung
288
appeal
180 , 229 , 237 , 298 , 380
appraisal
323 , 337
appropriateness
395 , 416
arbitration/extrajudicial (see also infrajudicial, settlement)
4 , 8 , 15 , 16 –17 , 21 , 56 , 68 –69 , 77 –78 , 184 , 196 , 226 –229 , 231 –232 , 235 –237 , 245 –247 , 249 , 401 –402 , 410 , 412 , 421
archduke
293
aristocratic circles
195n10 , 414
aristocratic daughters
415
aristocratic elites
254
aristocratic families
256 , 411 , 414 , 419
aristocratic kinship network
299n56
aristocratic marriage
258
aristocratic milieus
12
aristocratic widows
408
aristocratic women
18 , 255 –256 , 258 , 260
artisans
138 –139 , 155 , 158 , 166 , 261 , 266
army
368
arrangement (see also property)
12 , 31 , 96 , 102 , 183 , 188 , 202 , 204 , 207n49 , 216 , 248n63 , 259 , 275 , 300n59 , 313n9 , 355 , 391 , 404
inheritance arrangement
119n6
intergenerational arrangement
7
living arrangement
85 , 111
marital arrangement
7
marital property arrangement
3 , 17 , 196 , 296n48
marriage arrangement
179 , 392
wealth(-related) arrangement
406 , 412
arrears
332n68 , 392
assessor/Beisitzer
205 , 311 , 317
assets (see also goods and movables)
6 –7 , 17 , 19 , 29 –30 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 60 –62 , 64 , 72 , 85 , 89 –90 , 98 , 102 , 110 , 118 , 126 –128 , 132 –136 , 133n34 , 137 –138 , 141 –143 , 171 , 179 –180 , 187 , 194 , 197 –198 , 200 –201 , 201n32 , 203 –204 , 212 , 218 , 230 , 233 , 236 , 255 , 258 , 289 , 318 –319 , 332 , 342 , 345 , 345n3 , 347 –348 , 356 , 361 , 365 , 368 , 372
acquired assets
194 , 198 , 218
agricultural assets
318
couples’ assets
176
family assets
14 , 29 , 31 , 35 , 117 , 120 –121 , 124 , 127 , 129n28 , 132 , 140 , 142 , 184 , 285
financial assets
1 , 10 , 201 , 217
individual assets
365
inherited assets
125 , 133 , 136 , 201 , 201n32
inventoried assets
331
joint assets
355
liquid assets
273
mobile/movable assets
61 , 311 , 355
non-dotal assets
238 , 242
parental/parents’ assets
141 , 211
real estate assets
61
siblings’ assets
133
auction
15 , 95 , 330 , 365 –366 , 393
authority
4 , 10 , 59 , 73 , 93 , 108 –109 , 112 , 122 , 124 –126 , 128 , 130 –131 , 134 , 136 , 139 –140 , 159 , 176 , 183 , 197 , 228n10 , 256 , 277 , 286 , 302 , 347 , 363 , 376 , 387 , 404 –405 , 410 –411
economic authority
85
judicial authority
226 –227 , 228n9 , 229 , 233 , 236
legal authority
11
municipal authority
394
parental authority
136
public authority
227 , 234 , 237
autonomy
16 , 30 , 139 , 144 , 153
economic autonomy
164
bankruptcy
126 , 228 , 231 , 233 , 293 , 293n35 , 294 –296 , 347 , 350 , 361 –366 , 368 , 372 , 406 –409
Baurecht
197 , 208
bedclothes
199 , 202 , 207
bedding
90 , 199 , 202 , 207 , 212 , 321
bequest
18 , 65 , 76 , 134 , 241n50 , 289 , 295 –296 , 323 , 325 –326 , 328 , 330 –331 , 341 –342
animals as bequests
323
annual bequest
295
mutual bequests
135
testamentary bequest
198 , 302
voluntary bequest
312
bequest behaviour
242n53
bequest of (individual household) goods
327 , 329
bequest of land
312
bequest papers
349
bequest to children
313
bequests to their brothers
241n50
bequests to their daughters
241n50
bigamy
377
bills
328 , 356 , 365
birth order/rank
14 –15 , 117 , 120 , 121n9 , 130 , 132 , 134 , 414
blood relatives
63 , 183n55 , 198 , 199 –201 , 203 , 216 , 227 , 418
court board
58
bonds
328 , 332n68
border
54 , 254 –256 , 256n5 , 258 , 261 , 266 –267 , 269 –270 , 275 –277 , 286 , 291 , 297 , 403
cross-border marriages
275
border area
18 , 254
border disputes
276
border families
255
borderland
17 , 255 , 293
border region
255 , 416 , 420
border territory
17 , 254
bourgeoisie
95 , 378 , 402
bribery
318
bride
9 , 87 , 155n7 , 156 , 157 –162 , 175 , 182 , 184 , 208 , 209n52 , 210n57 , 211 –212 , 234 , 345 –347 , 351 –352 , 369 , 415
bridegroom/groom
60 , 156 , 156n7 , 157 –159 , 161 –162 , 175 , 178 , 182 –183 , 345 –346 , 351 , 369 , 415
bride’s family
60 , 415 , 419
bride price
2
bride siblings
241n50
bride-to-be
183
brother
18 , 32 , 34 –43 , 45 , 47 , 58 , 66 , 71 , 73 , 103 , 109 , 117 , 131 , 138n44 , 139 , 141 , 158 –159 , 163 , 165 , 176 , 186 –187 , 206 –208 , 207n49 , 233 –235 , 237 , 240 , 240n45 , 240n47 , 241 , 241n50 , 244 –245 , 247 , 249 , 276 , 276n49 , 282 , 285 , 287 –289 , 287n13 , 287n14 , 290 –292 , 294 –295 , 297 , 299 –303 , 299n56 , 325 , 330 –331 , 364 , 368 , 393 , 408 , 413 –415 , 417
father’s brothers
43 , 247 , 414
half-brother
359
brotherhood
418
brother-in-law
17 –18 , 58 , 76 , 99 , 186 –187 , 229 , 232 –233 , 235 , 288 , 291 –293 , 296 –297 , 300 , 302 , 331 , 371 , 401 , 403 , 417
business
19 –21 , 66 , 76 , 97 , 158 , 230 , 346 , 358 –359 , 361 , 363 , 368 , 371 –372 , 378 , 384 –392 , 394 , 396 , 418 , 419
commercial business
355
family business
131 , 269n31 , 270n36 , 355
businessman
370
business-minded women
74
business owners
155 , 389
businesswomen
358 , 360n48 , 361
capital
1 , 5 , 89 , 178 , 240n46 , 269 , 295 , 313n9 , 416
economic capital
372
farm capital
323 –324
social capital
372
capitalism
3 , 13n37 , 312n5 , 403n7
care
69 , 71 , 90 –92 , 94 , 96 –101 , 104 , 106 –109 , 117 , 125 –126 , 130 , 140 –142 , 213 –216 , 218 , 273 , 292 , 329 , 387 , 390 –392 , 419
care of children/childcare
111 , 257 , 388 , 392 , 394
carer
98
caretaker
71
carta dotis
153 , 155
carta debiti
159
carta divisionis
165
carta (pactorum) matrimonii (see also contract, marriage contract)
153 , 155 , 159 , 182
carta solutionis
164
cash
139 , 182 , 202 , 231 –232 , 235 –237 , 246 , 311 , 319 , 335 , 339 , 341 , 356 , 361 , 365
cash [marriage portion]
178 , 180 , 388
cash availability
211
cash dowry
137 , 231 , 231n23 , 248
cash or in kind
95 , 218 , 242
cash payment
137 , 236
cash sum
125
Catasto of 1427 [Florence]
231n21 , 232 , 232n24 , 237n36 , 237 , 241
celibacy
127 , 141 –144
celibate
117 , 126 , 130 , 139 –141
certioration
360n47 , 361 , 364
chattels and assets/Hab und Gut
197
childbirth
346 , 354 , 354n25
childless/childlessness
61 –62 , 64 , 88 , 93 , 176 , 180 , 186 , 201 , 205 , 212 , 216 , 274 , 285 , 346 , 369 , 385 –386 , 417
church records
213
civil register
119 , 119n6 , 131n30 , 141n50
claimant
288 –289
clergy
287n14 , 288
clergymen
287
cloth
199
co-residence
92 , 95 , 96
common practice
11 , 163 , 173 , 294n41 , 393
commons
1 , 409
community
16 , 55 –57 , 59 , 77 –78 , 121 –122 , 122n12 , 126 , 131 , 138 , 155 , 158 , 188 , 219 , 264 –267 , 406 , 409
marital community
65
local (village) community
56
social community
155
community of accrued gain
65
community of acquisition/Errungenschaftsgemeinschaft
173 , 194 , 200n26
community of (marital) property/goods/regimes/systems/Ehegütergemeinschaft
20 , 194 , 194n8 , 204 , 345 –346 , 345n2 , 347 , 352 –353 , 358 , 361 , 369 , 371 –373 , 403 , 406 , 413 , 417 –419
compensation
69 , 92 , 120 , 134 –135 , 137 –139 , 138n42 , 141 –142 , 144 , 183 , 187 , 234 , 239 , 354n25 , 358 , 388 –390 , 414
siblings’ compensation
137 , 143
competition
1 , 4 , 43 , 406 , 409 , 417 –418
axes of competition
4 , 418
compromise
7 , 120 , 184 –185 , 237 , 406 –407 , 409
concordat [1855, between Austria and the Vatican]
377
confirmation
36 , 101 , 410
conflict (see also dispute, interests)
1 , 3 –8 , 12 –20 , 39 , 42 , 56 , 59 , 63 , 66 , 75 –78 , 111 , 119 –120 , 127 , 130 , 134 , 142 –143 , 170 –171 , 179 –180 , 188 , 196 , 225 , 227 –231 , 237 , 239 , 245 , 247 , 249 , 255 , 257 –258 , 271 , 273 , 275 , 277 , 276n49 , 282 –285 , 287 –288 , 293 , 303 , 315 , 345 , 347 –348 , 354n25 , 355 , 359 , 363 , 367 , 371 –372 , 375 –376 , 380 , 389 , 394 –395 , 401 –402 , 406 –410 , 412 , 416 –420
axes (lines) of conflict
18 , 188 , 284 , 416 –417
constellations of conflict
10 , 179 , 348
court(-based) conflict
410 , 412
domestic conflict
282
economic conflict
348
familial/family conflict
7 , 19 , 120 , 171 , 282 , 284 , 341 , 407
guardianship conflict
297 , 303
inheritance conflict
5 , 17 , 76 , 225 , 247
juridical conflict
52
legal conflict
75 , 408
local conflict
77
marital conflict
6 , 349 , 384
potential for conflict
1 , 6 –8 , 18 , 170 , 283 , 406 , 417
patrimonial conflicts
17 , 225 , 230
prevention/avoidance of conflict
7 , 180 , 186 , 188 , 283 , 412 , 419
resolution of conflict
1 , 6 –7 , 14 , 17 , 185 , 196 , 226 –227 , 230 , 407 , 412
succession conflict
126 , 229
conflict between brothers and sisters/siblings
16 , 39 , 119
conflict between generations
111
conflict between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law
68 , 70
conflict between stepmothers and stepsons
234n31
conflict between widow and brother-in-law
297
conflict management
8n22
conflict potential
1 , 347 –349
conflict settlement
196
conflict solution
121
conflict with cousin
245
conflict with brother/sister-in-law
299 –300
confraternity
246
consanguinity
17 , 195
consent
136 , 384 , 395 , 418
mutual consent
161 , 379 , 379n9 , 380
seigneurial consent
197
consent of the authority
73
consent of brothers
37
consent of children
62
consent of the mother-in-law
70 , 73
consent of relatives
62 , 182
consent of wives
175 –176 , 383
Constitutions [of (the Patriarchate of) Friuli]
38 –39 , 43
consumption
314n11 , 332n68
domestic consumption
255
family’s consumption
262
contract
1 , 4 –5 , 7 –8 , 15 , 69 , 71 , 85 –87 , 91 , 94 , 96 –107 , 110 –112 , 141 , 153 , 162 , 177 –179 , 182 –183 , 188 , 196 , 213 , 219 , 271 –272 , 288 , 378 , 384 , 390 , 406 , 408 –410 7 , 156 , 231n23 , 238n39 , 241n50 , 404
divorce contract
378 –379 , 391
family contract
134
financial contract
313
land purchase contract
193n2 , 196
inheritance contract
62 , 74 , 413
intergenerational contract
404
old age provision contract
1
marriage/marital contract
1 , 16 , 20 , 76 , 119n6 , 119 , 122 , 124 , 127 , 132 –137 , 142 , 156 , 159 , 172 , 178–180 , 182 , 184 , 186 , 195 –196 , 205 –206 , 208 –209 , 241n50 , 295 , 296n48 , 300 –301 , 345 –346 , 348 –349 , 352 , 358 , 368 –369 , 372 –373 , 382 , 392 , 404 , 409 , 418 –419
prenuptial contract
89
property transfer contract
15 , 85
retirement contract
1 , 15 , 71 , 85 –87 , 90 –91 , 93 –97 , 97n42 , 99 , 101 –103 , 105 , 110 –112 , 205 , 404
sales contract (see also sales documents)
93 , 166
sibling endowment/settlement contract
205 –206
testamentary contract
170
usufruct contract
196
widower’s endowment contract
196 , 206 , 209
widow’s (endowment) contract
106 , 196 –197 , 206 , 209
contract law
379
control
136 , 170 , 176 , 247n61 , 297
familial and social
418
of capital
89
of the farm
108 –109 , 183
of (marital) property
85 , 175 –176 , 184
over assets
17 , 109 , 134 , 272 , 218
over documents
271
over earnings
89
over (real) estate
137 , 237
over family economy
88
over fortune
383
over jewellery
176
over land
29n3
over marital affiliations
179
over marriage portion
175 –176
over women
84
controversy
42 , 159 , 225 , 232 , 275 , 285 , 288 , 297 , 302 –303
corporations
1
house corporation
92
counter dowry/counter marriage portion/Widerlage
345 , 361 , 392 , 415
country
54 , 96 , 174 , 337
customs of the country
47
country houses
255
countryside
3 , 11 , 95 , 111 , 196 , 206 , 208 , 216 –217 , 231n23 , 255 , 269 , 272
court (see also proceedings)
12 , 14 –15 , 18 , 20 –21 , 54 –62 , 66 , 68 , 70 –71 , 73 –78 , 88 , 91 –93 , 96 –97 , 109 , 136 , 184 , 184n58 , 187 , 193 , 195 , 199 , 201 –202 , 206 , 219 , 225 –229 , 228n13 , 231 –233 , 235 –238 , 238n39 , 249 , 272 –273 , 286 , 291 , 293 , 300 –302 , 314 , 347 , 350 –351 , 370 , 376 –377 , 379 –380 , 388 , 391 , 394 –395 , 401 , 407 –408 , 410 –412 , 415 , 420
advising court/Oberhof
55
arbitration court
15 , 56 , 78
city court
196 , 205 , 380
civil court
227 , 377
consistorial court
348
consultation court
55
criminal court
353n21
diocesan court
321
ecclesiastic(al)/Church court
19 , 312n5 , 313 –314 , 317 , 336 –337 , 340 , 347 –348 , 376 –377 , 379 , 411
equity court
312n5
guardianship court
289 , 291 , 297 –299 , 302 –303
guild courts
228
high court (system)
45 , 55 –56 , 78
land court
290 , 302
local court
14 , 55 , 78 , 92 , 97 , 410
matrimonial court [secular]
376
merchant court [Mercanzia, Florence]
228
podesterial court
229 , 230 , 232 –233
patriarchal court
43
princely law court
292n32
secular court
350 , 376 , 379
court board
58
court book/Verfachbuch
16 , 174 , 196 , 201 , 205
court case
59 , 205n46 , 233 , 395
court clerk
70
court decree
380 –381
court district
203 , 411 , 418
court files
378 –379 , 381 , 390
court of justice [of the podestà, Florence]
227 , 238 , 247
court of the Capitano del Popolo [Florence]
247
courts of law
7
court official
97 , 292 , 292n32 , 298 , 314 –315
court protocols
408
court records
1 , 15 , 17 , 52 , 54 –57 , 59 , 71 , 76 –78 , 86 , 91 –92 , 199n24 , 225 , 231 , 412 , 416
court rolls
312n5
court scribes
410
court session
58 , 97
court settlements
217
out of court settlement
59 , 63 , 74 , 77 , 366 , 407
court sources [elite]
314n9 , 412
court trial
232
coverture
1 , 13 , 403 –404
craftspeople
402
credit
36 , 56 , 64 , 77 , 230n20 , 231 –232 , 238 , 240n46 , 312 , 317 –319 , 323 , 339 –340 , 385
dowry/dotal credit
229 –230 , 236 , 238
credit market
17 , 218
credit notes
269 , 274n43
credit relationships
311
creditor
64 , 76 , 95 –96 , 98 , 229 , 232 –233 , 236 , 340 , 361 –362 , 364 , 366 , 393 , 418 –419
main/principal creditor
293 –294
criminals
290 , 292
count [title]
54 , 59 , 175 , 177n28 , 254 , 285 –286 , 358
curator
285 , 289 , 294n41
custodian
198
custom (see also inheritance, legal customs)
15 –16 , 31 –33 , 36 , 43 , 46 –47 , 102 , 104 , 117 –118 , 117n1 , 121 –122 , 121n9 , 124 –125 , 126n23 , 132 , 157 , 160 , 163 , 174 , 177 , 184 –185 , 235 , 312n5 , 313 , 403
custom of dowry
18
custom of manor
313
female custom
101
local custom
11 , 42 , 46 , 121n8 , 126 , 160 , 276
marital custom
172
traditional custom (see also droit de chaise)
140
customary law (
see
law
)
customary practice
16 , 141 , 143 , 403
daughter
11 , 11m35 , 13 , 15 , 17 , 20 , 33 –36 , 39 –45 , 47 , 53 , 68 –69 , 71 –73 , 87 , 91 –92 , 96 , 98 , 102 , 117 –118 , 120 , 124 , 129 , 129n28 , 131 –132 , 132n33 , 138 , 143 –144 , 156 , 158 , 160 –163 , 170 , 177 –178 , 183 –185 , 196 , 200 , 203 –204 , 206n47 , 207 –209 , 212 , 217 , 219 , 225 , 230 , 231n21 , 232 , 236 –244 , 238n38 , 239n42 , 240n45 , 240n47 , 241n50 , 242n53 , 246 –248 , 248n63 , 249 , 261 , 263 –264 , 266 , 268 , 271 –273 , 276 , 296n48 , 313n9 , 321 –322 , 325 –326 , 329 , 331 , 349 –350 , 353 , 354n27 , 355 , 355n29 , 363 –364 , 368 , 370 –371 , 387 –391 , 393 , 396 , 403 , 408 , 413 –415
aristocratic/noble daughters
415
adult daughter
356 , 357
dowered daughter
230 , 244
first-born daughter
117
inheriting daughter
390 , 406 , 419
married daughter
356
non-noble daughter
11n35 , 177
unmarried daughter
353
younger/minor daughter
72 , 124 , 129 , 129n28
youngest daughter
356
daughter-in-law
68 , 72 , 73 , 263 , 269
deanery
292
death
61 , 64 , 68 , 70 –71 , 93 , 119 , 119n6 , 131 , 134 , 140 , 170 , 176 , 186 –187 , 198 –199 , 218 , 233 –235 , 254 , 258 , 272 , 282 –284 , 288 , 322 , 327 , 329 , 340 , 353 , 355 , 357 , 368 , 371 , 378 , 387 , 389 , 393 , 418
child’s death
60
intestate death
31
threat of death
350 , 360
unnatural death
55
death of a daughter
68
death of a father
131 , 238 , 241n50
death of a grandson
276n49
death of a household/male head
91 , 283 –284
death of a husband (see also husband)
61 –62 , 65 , 73 , 92 , 97 , 103 –104 , 112 , 176 , 185 , 211 –212 , 216 , 235 , 266 , 272 , 295 , 392 , 405 , 418
death of minors
313
death of a parent
60
death of both parents
131n30 , 132 –133 , 137 , 139 , 141 –143
death of relatives/kinsman
36 , 71
death of siblings
60
death of a son
248
death of a spouse/partner
15 , 52 , 60 , 102 , 200 , 313 , 346 , 382 , 385
death of successor/heir/heiress
93 , 135
death of the testator
313
death of a wife
103 –104 , 216 , 353
death of the first wife
70
death of a widow
103 , 206 , 216 , 284
death of a widowed husband
211 –212
death penalties
56
death register
349 , 352 , 368 , 370
deathbed
58 –59 , 65
debts
64 , 65 –66 , 65n44 , 89 , 96 , 125 , 141 –142 , 162 –163 , 185 , 217 , 232 –233 , 236 –237 , 282 , 287 , 292 , 311 , 317 –318 , 321 , 323 –325 , 328 –329 , 332 , 332n68 , 334 –337 , 339 –341 , 356 –357 , 360 –362 , 364 –367 , 371 , 384 –385 , 389 , 392 –393 , 396 , 418
husband’s debts
76 , 88 , 419
inheritance debts
366
outstanding debts
95 , 311 , 340 , 361 , 386 , 392
unpaid debts
56 , 102 , 337
widow’s debts
76
debt obligations
350 , 361
declaration
62n34 , 91 , 97 , 272 , 292 , 378 , 415
public declaration
91
retirement declaration
91
succession declaration
141
declaration in court
92
defence
297
border defence
297
defendants
70 , 77 , 338 , 366
demographic growth
171
descendants (see also offspring)
13 , 15 , 34 –35 , 37 , 42 , 60 –61 , 100 , 122n12 , 137 , 177 , 227 , 244 –245 , 248 , 258 , 289
female descendants
35 , 39 , 42
legitimate descendants
30
male descendants
32 , 35 , 42 –43 , 45 , 163 , 241 , 244 , 247 , 248
surviving descendants
119
diaries
1 , 235 , 240n45 , 240n46 , 258 , 265 –266 , 268
family diaries
225 –226 , 231 , 234 , 408
disadvantage
7 , 63 , 144 , 289 , 384 , 403 , 407 , 419
financial disadvantage
204
disagreement
8 , 93 , 101 , 124 , 143 , 155 , 166 , 199 , 227 , 233 , 356 , 412
discord
170 , 188 , 227n7 , 406
disempowering/disempowerment
298 , 299
disposition
14 , 38 , 204 , 290 , 295 , 300 , 346 , 345 –346n4 , 372 , 402 , 406 , 412 , 416 , 421
dispute (see also conflict)
8n20 , 9 , 14 , 18 –21 , 30 , 38 , 89 , 170 , 180 , 184 –185 , 227 –229 , 232 –236 , 239 , 245 –247 , 249 , 271 , 276 , 282 , 338 , 349 , 377 , 401 , 406
dowry dispute
231 234
familial/family dispute
6 , 8 , 227
guardianship dispute
17 , 282
inheritance/succession dispute
15 , 52 , 56 –57 , 59 , 62 , 76 , 226 , 276 , 312n5
marital dispute
19 , 349 , 359 , 377 , 379 , 395
patrimonial dispute
17 , 225
post-mortem dispute
21
prevention/avoidance of dispute
38 , 170 , 180 , 259 , 406
property dispute
6 , 9 , 20 –21 , 170 , 184 , 226 , 375 , 381 , 395 , 401 , 406
resolution/settlement of dispute
8 , 188 , 227 –228 , 232 , 234 –236 , 246 , 381
source/cause of dispute
7 , 20 , 359 , 367 , 376
testamentary disputes
8
divorce (see also agreement, contract, proceedings, settlements)
1 , 8 , 19 –20 , 378n7
consequences of divorce
20 , 375 –376 , 376n3 , 377 , 380 , 394 –396
consensual/undisputed divorce
379 , 379n9 , 380 , 388
non-consensual/disputed divorce
377 , 379 –382
divorce decree
377
divorce from bed and board (see also separation from bed and board)
20 , 348 , 350 –351 , 375 –380 , 385 , 388 –391 , 394
divorce trial/litigation
348 , 381
documents/documentation
4 , 11 , 18 , 60 , 77 , 91 , 94 , 97 , 100 , 107 –108 , 111 , 134 , 142 , 153 –159 , 159n21 , 162 –165 , 176 , 180 –181 , 186 , 188 , 205 –206 , 240 , 256 , 258 –259 , 261 , 268 –269 , 269n31 , 271 , 273 –275 , 277 , 284 , 294 , 311 –313 , 329 , 360 , 365 , 378 , 388 , 391 , 408 , 410 –412 , 416 , 420
archival documents
17 , 166 , 401 , 405
document collection/group
86 , 162 , 259 , 412
economic documents/documents of wealth
263 , 275 , 410
family document
277
legal document
97 , 119n6 , 138 , 201
notary documents
154
personal documents
17 , 258
private documentation
225 , 231
probate documents (see also inventory, proceedings)
311 , 314 , 336
sales documents (see also contract, sales contract)
89
succession documents/records
134 , 136
testamentary documents
314
types/variety of documents
1 , 153 , 196 , 205 , 408 , 412
domestic consumption (
see
consumption
)
domestic work
259
dominion
54 , 199 , 254 , 286 –287 , 293 –294 , 296
donation (see also agreement)
33 , 119n6 , 127 , 134 –135 , 134n37 , 137 , 141 , 153 , 161 , 181 , 185 , 249 , 356
donation act
141 –142
donatioantelecti/antelectum
159 , 175 , 181
donationes cause mortis
17 , 249
dos
60 , 175 , 181
dotal/non-dotal (
see
assets, contract, credit, property
)
dowry/dowries (see also contract, credit)
2 , 9 , 11n35 , 14 –18 , 32 –37 , 40 –41 , 43 –45 , 69 , 76 , 88 , 91 , 117 , 125 –126 , 130 –131 , 133 –137 , 140 –144 , 155 –156 , 158 –165 , 170 , 174 , 196n11 , 225 , 227 –228 , 228n13 , 229 –231 , 230n19 , 231n21 , 232 –243 , 240n45 , 240n47 , 241n50 , 242n53 , 244 –245 , 244n55 , 246 –249 , 255 , 271 –275 , 291 , 295 –296 , 300 , 302 , 345 , 345n3 , 356 –357 , 361 , 369 , 388 , 392 , 402 , 406 , 409 , 412 , 414 –415 , 415n12 , 416 , 418
dowry dispute/conflict (
see
dispute
)
dowry in cash/cash dowry
125 , 137 , 231 , 231n23 , 237 , 248 , 388
dowry inflation
241 –242
dowry negotiation
16
dowry payment
228 , 285
dowry system
1 , 2 –3 , 11 , 11n35 , 12 , 30 , 41 , 195 , 239 , 242 , 299 , 302 , 405 , 414 –415 , 418 –419
dowry restoration/restitution/recovery/reimbursement/returning
17 , 195 , 195n9 , 225 , 228n12 , 229n14 , 230 , 230n20 , 231 , 231n22 , 232 , 234 –238 , 419
dowry trial
228n10
dowry value
414
droit de chaise
126 , 140 , 142
duties
68 , 108 , 265 , 273 , 290 , 292 , 395
economic activities
87 , 89 , 259 , 265 , 404
economic history
14
economic roles
259 –260 , 406
economic theory
52
economic unit
52 , 104 , 371
economy
21 , 56 , 84 , 96 , 101 , 166 , 294 , 321
common/joint economy
96 , 100 , 102
household economy
13 , 210 , 212 , 277 , 294 , 404
family economy
35 , 88 , 91 , 109 , 164 , 179 , 259 , 266
local economy
217 –218
market economy
102
rural economy
98 , 260 , 277
town economy
166
education
59 , 144 , 255 , 258 , 259n11 , 260 , 272 , 289 , 387 , 393
ego documents
18 , 416
Ehevogt (
see
gender guardian
)
einfahrenderGeselle(see also husband, unpropertied)
209 , 217 , 406
emigration
127n26 , 128 –130 , 141 , 143 –144
emotions
283 , 380
emotional relations (
see
relations
)
empowerment
120
endogamous
131 , 136 , 144
endogamy
125 , 139
endowment (see also contract, widower’s endowment contract; widow’s 37 , 178n38 , 193 , 196 , 198 , 202 , 205 , 207 , 212 –215 , 218 , 240 , 388
endowment settlement
208 , 213 , 216
material endowment
210
monetary endowment
213
widow’s endowment
195 , 198 –199 , 208 , 212 , 214 –215
equality
29 , 42 , 46 , 118 , 126 , 144 , 178 , 242
estate [property] (see also family estate, property, wealth)
36 , 47 , 75 , 127 –128 , 137 , 166 , 185 , 202 , 204 –205 , 209 –210 , 216 –217 , 234 , 238 , 288 , 296 , 300 –301 , 354n26
estate [of a deceased person]
4 , 17 –18 , 40 –41 , 45 , 61 –63 , 127 –128 , 139 –140 , 160 , 163 , 187 , 195 , 199 –200 , 204 –207 , 209 , 213 –218 , 239 , 241n50 , 290 , 297 , 311 , 314 , 314n12 , 315 , 326 331 , 335 , 337 , 339 , 341 , 371 , 388 –389 , 393 , 404 , 411 , 418
division of the estate
288 , 313
husband’s estate
193 , 195 , 199 –200 , 202 , 210 –211 , 218
joint estate
60 , 62 , 77 , 288
marital estate
60
maternal estate
163 , 207n49 , 207n50 , 389
separate estate
60 , 62 , 75
paternal estate
34 , 36 , 43 , 45 –46 , 160 , 163 , 185 , 210
estates [Landstände]
287
exclusion [from inheritance]
11n35 , 14 –15 , 29 –33 , 33n15 , 34 –39 , 41 –42 , 43 –45 , 48 , 159 –160 , 163 , 200 , 219 , 240 , 242 , 414
exclusio propter masculos
32 –33
exclusio propter dotem
17 , 160 , 225 , 239 , 241n50 , 242 , 244 –246 , 249
executor
229 , 311 , 313 , 321 –322 , 327 , 357
expense books
264
extrajudicial (
see
arbitration, infrajudicial
)
extra share
133 –135 , 133n34 , 141 –142
fairness
416
familial (see also affiliation, conflict, control, dispute, relations) activities
164 , 166
familial connections
16
familial contexts
4
familial entities
284
familial ownership
3
familial position
179 , 301
familial transfers
86
family acquaintances
226 , 228 , 236
family affairs
266
family archive
256 –257 , 257n6 , 258 , 411 –412
family books/libri di famiglia
261 , 264 , 264n22 , 277 , 293 , 412
family chronicles
408
family/familial configuration/constellation
5 , 70
family continuity
175
family estate/farm (see also estate, property, wealth)
15 , 85 , 98 , 102 , 109 , 112 , 130 , 139 , 141 , 160 , 166 , 183
family form
124n14 , 128n27
family group
153 , 284
family history
265 , 268n27
family home
242 , 352
family house
117 –118 , 120 –121 , 125 –126 , 129 , 131 , 137 , 139 –142 , 233
family interests
18 , 47 , 180 , 186 , 255 , 258 , 272 –273 , 417
family/familial interaction
7 , 85
family justice (
see
justice
)
family land
13n37 , 15 , 88 , 90 , 90n22 , 125 , 313n9
family/familial level
13
family/familial life
53 , 172 , 283
family life course/life cycle (see also life course)
91 , 108
family/familial line (
see
line
)
family lineage (
see
lineage
)
family/familial matters
267 , 277 , 408
family memory
259 , 263
family members/membership
14 , 16 , 19 , 41 , 62 , 70 –71 , 85 , 95 , 99 , 101 , 110 –111 , 132 , 140 , 166 , 170 , 186 , 188 , 218 , 245 , 257 , 264 , 269 , 271 –272 , 283 , 298 , 311
family name
132n33 , 177 , 419
family/familial (social) network
258 , 265 , 266
family policy
237n37
family property (
see
property
)
family reconstitution
128 , 131n30
family records
412
family relationships
155 , 158 , 179 , 395
family roles
255 , 259
family size
117
family strategy
132 , 254 , 283n2
family structure
258
family ties
104 , 257 , 261 , 266
family unit
122 , 187 , 283
farm capital
323
farm (production) equipment
311 , 316 , 323
farmer
85 , 87 , 93 , 95 , 97 , 100 , 102 –104 , 107 –111 , 122n12 , 125 , 131 , 144 , 158 , 182 , 315 –316 , 335n71 , 360n48 , 388 , 402
crown farmer
93 –94
farmer’s widow (see also widow)
94 , 105 , 112 , 202
landless farmer
142
father
34 –37 , 39 –41 , 43 –45 , 54 , 65 , 87 , 91 , 131 , 157 –165 , 177 , 180 , 182 , 185 , 203 , 211 , 228 –229 , 231n21 , 234 –235 , 237 –239 , 241 –245 , 241n50 , 246 –248 , 248n63 , 268 , 291 , 295 , 300 , 315 , 352 –353 , 357 , 360 , 370 , 380 , 387 , 389 –392 , 414 –415
father-in-law
159 , 162 , 246
female landownership
196 , 202 –203 , 209 , 213
fen drainage
321
fenland economy
321
feudality
260
feudal (see also jurisdiction, law) aristocracy/nobility
254 –256 , 260 –265 , 267
fief
35 , 59 , 198 , 286
episcopal fief
292
fiefdom
198 , 198n19 , 286 , 288 , 302
firewood
98 –100 , 103 –104 , 106 –107 , 110 , 202 , 295
foodstuff
87 , 199 , 202
foreclosure
365 –366
foreigners
54
free lodging
202
free ownership
197 –198
French Revolution
15 , 117 –118 , 118n5 , 120 –121 , 121n8 , 122n12 , 143
fund
295 , 300 , 362 , 386
dotal fund
232
gender (see also relations)
12 , 14 –17 , 19 –21 , 32 , 38 , 57 , 62 , 84 , 117 –118 , 120 , 121n9 , 124 –125 , 132 , 132n33 , 196 , 209 –210 , 219 , 241n50 , 256 , 297 , 302 , 345 , 348 , 363 , 371 , 391 , 396 , 402 , 406 , 408 , 413 –414 , 416 , 418
gender aspects
3n8 , 378
gender asymmetries
30
gender balance/parity
13 , 29
gender concepts
204 , 297 , 303
gender distribution of inheritance
240 , 243
gender guardian (see also guardian, Momper)
2 , 75 –76 , 199 , 294n41 , 410 , 419
gender guardianship
175 , 188 , 297
gender history
14 , 255 , 414
gender images
285 , 296
gender imbalance
17 , 193 , 239 , 406
gender inequality
8 , 16 , 119 , 121 , 134 –135 , 144 , 239 , 241 , 416
gender model
20
gender order
197 , 300n59 , 347
gender perspective/approach
120 , 120n7 , 144n52 , 172 , 415
gender preconceptions
298
gender roles
10 , 297
gender specific distribution of property
196 , 208
gender stereotypes
18
gendered reading
255 , 259 , 268n27
gendered treatment
120 , 135 , 137 , 143
generations (see also contract)
2 , 5 –6 , 31 , 60 , 65 , 74 , 90 –91 , 100 , 102 , 110 –111 , 119 –123 , 123n13 , 128 –130 , 132 , 135 –136 , 141n50 , 142 –143 , 170 –171 , 239 , 264 , 268 –269 , 273 , 288 , 404 , 409 , 417 , 419
(inter-)generational property transfer (asset transmission)
6 –7 , 29 , 93 , 96 , 121 –122
intergenerational relationship
74
gentry
299 , 337
gift
57 –58 , 60 , 96 , 175 , 212 , 312n5 , 415
engagement gifts
90
gift by will
58
gift of the ring
157 , 159
gifts in kind
96 , 199
marriage gift
159
going to church and street/zuKirche und Straßegehen
188 , 199
goods (see also assets and movables;bequest of goods, property, separation of property)
43 , 60 , 68 , 97 , 164 , 166 , 173 , 175 –177 , 180 , 183 , 185 –186 , 188 , 212 , 217 , 229 , 230n20 , 238 –239 , 242 –243 , 256 275 , 311 , 317 , 321 , 323 –325 , 327 –332 , 334 –341 , 358 , 365 , 386 , 391 , 401 , 403 , 405 –406 , 412 –413 , 416 , 417 –419
capital goods
319 , 321 , 324
consumption goods
335 , 341
farm goods/items
332
household goods
19 , 75 , 202 , 212 , 311 , 316 , 316n22 , 318 –321 , 323 –325 , 327 , 329 , 332 , 332n68 , 333 –336 , 340
marriage/marital goods
177 , 180 –181 , 188 , 403 , 406
movable/material goods
91 , 156 , 158 , 177 , 178n38 , 201 , 207 , 210 , 210n57 , 212 –213 , 218 , 311 , 313 , 335 , 337 , 413
trade goods
75
worldly goods
375 , 382 –384 , 386 , 388 , 390 , 396
governance, good governance/government
77 , 292 , 401
government
41 , 174 , 230 , 287 , 290 –294 , 298 , 358 –359 , 366 , 370 , 392
grandchildren
60 –62 , 69 , 73 –74 , 119 , 130 , 264 , 322 , 327 , 356 –357 , 361
granddaughter
73 , 264 , 325 –326
grandfather
43 , 229 , 244
grandmother
72 –74 , 264
grandnephew
247 –248
grandniece
74
grandparents
61 –62
grandson
171 , 238n38 , 244 , 273 , 276n49 , 322
guarantee
29 , 41 , 111 , 180 –181 , 196 , 201 , 204 –206 , 208 –209 , 234 , 271 , 273 , 361 , 364
guardian (see also gender guardian)
4 –5 , 18 , 72 –74 , 159 , 175 , 180 , 183 , 185 , 198 , 205 , 213 –214 , 218 , 229 , 233 –234 , 285 , 289 –293 , 292n30 , 294 , 294n41 , 297 –300 , 302 –303 , 357 , 361 –362 , 379 , 401 , 417
legal guardian (Mundualdus)
73 , 226 , 232
supreme guardian
292
guardianship (see also court, conflict, dispute)
18 , 75 , 187 , 206 , 284 , 289 –291 , 293 –294 , 296 –301 , 300n59 , 302 –303 , 387 , 403 , 408 , 417
legal guardianship
289 , 293 , 296
marital guardianship
180 , 284
mother’s guardianship
233 , 282 , 289 , 293 , 295
transfer/change of guardianship
290 , 294 –296 , 298 , 300
guardianship commission
290
handwriting
259 , 265
headship
88n18 , 90 , 92 –94 , 97 , 104 , 119 , 124 , 128 –132 , 404
hearth tax
317 , 411
heir
34 –37 , 40 , 43 –45 , 59 , 61 –66 , 66n45 , 71 , 74 , 76 , 91 –94 , 96 , 98 , 118 , 124 –126 , 128 –130 , 128n27 , 129n28 , 133 –141 , 143 , 163 , 170 , 176 –179 , 183 , 185 –187 , 197 –199 , 204 –205 , 207 –208 , 212 , 229 –233 , 237 –238 , 237n36 , 239 , 245 –247 , 274 , 276 , 276n49 , 277 , 288 , 294 , 297 , 321 –322 , 325 , 346 , 356
equal heirs
34 , 62
main/principal/universal heir
90 , 199 , 206 –208 , 237 , 246 , 289
single/sole heir
62 , 90 –91 , 94 , 122 –125 , 127 –128 , 132 , 138 , 141 , 163 , 237 , 246 , 289 , 353 , 356 , 371 , 393 , 403
heiress
15 , 117 , 124 –128 , 128n27 , 129 –143 , 355
heirship
119 , 124 , 129 –132 , 141 , 144
home (see also family home)
15 , 40 , 61 , 69 , 71 , 92 , 103 , 109 , 117 , 127 , 130 , 136 , 139 , 142 –144 , 158 , 232 , 235 , 245 , 293 , 352 , 355 , 362 , 388 –389 , 391 , 417 , 419
conjugal home
65
homogamous
131 , 136
homogamy [social]
125
house (see also family house)
1 , 35 , 38 , 58 , 68 –71 , 73 –74 , 88 –89 , 92 , 101 , 104 –107 , 109 , 122 , 124 –128 , 128n27 , 130 –132 , 132n33 , 133 –138 , 140 –144 , 155 –157 , 159 , 161 , 180 –182 , 198 , 202 , 219 , 233 , 237 , 237n36 , 255 –256 , 261 , 264 , 268 , 270n36 , 272 , 274 –275 , 277 , 311 , 317 , 321 –322 , 325 , 327 , 329 , 331 , 346 , 349 , 351 , 353 –355 , 352n19 , 354n26 , 354n27 , 357 –359 , 362 –363 , 365 –372 , 385 –390 , 392 –396 , 405 –406 , 409
coffee house
391 –392
farmhouse
103 –104 , 106
indebted house
291
manager/co-manager of the house
125 , 135
noble house/house of
284 –285 , 287 –289 , 291 , 293 , 296 , 299 –302
house system
121 , 121n10 , 124n14 , 126 , 406
household (see also administration, economy, goods)
3n6 , 20 , 52 , 70n50 , 75 , 85 , 101 –102 , 111 –112 , 123 , 123n13 , 124n14 , 128n27 , 129n28 , 142 , 182 , 195 , 199 , 202 –203 , 241 , 241n50 , 242n53 , 255 , 257 –258 , 261 –262 , 265 , 271 , 273 –274 , 277 , 311 , 316 –317 , 335 , 348 , 351 , 387 , 390 , 401 –402 , 404 –405 , 418 –419
head of the household
203 , 283 –284 , 292 , 299
noble household
260
household expenses
262 , 292
household formation
3 , 3n6
household members
123 , 277 , 404
household possessions/wealth
19 , 316 , 323 , 325 , 332
household register/list
262 , 354 , 354n27
household structure
197
household value
318 , 320 , 334 –335 , 340
housekeeping
96 –97 , 176 , 200 , 210 , 367
husband (see also administration, debts)
8 , 16 , 19 –20 , 33 , 36 , 53 , 60 –62 , 64 –66 , 68 , 70 –71 , 73 , 75 –77 , 84 , 88 –90 , 99 , 101 , 108 , 112 , 131 , 136 –137 , 156 –157 , 159 –160 , 160n21 , 160n23 , 162 –164 , 166 , 170 , 175 –176 , 178 , 180 –181 , 184 –187 , 195 , 195n10 , 199 –201 , 201n32 , 202 , 204 , 209 –212 , 216 , 218 , 230 , 230n19 , 232 –235 , 237 –238 , 237n36 , 245 –246 , 246n59 , 247 , 249 , 255 , 257 , 266 , 268 –269 , 272 , 275 , 277 , 295 , 302 , 329 , 329n58 , 345n3 , 346n4 , 346 –348 , 350 –352 , 357 –359 , 361 –364 , 366 –367 , 371 –372 , 376 –377 , 379n9 , 379 , 381 –383 , 385 –394 , 396 , 401 , 403 , 407 –409 , 416 –417 , 419
deceased/late husband (see also death of a husband)
18 , 66 , 88 , 90 , 108 , 163 , 178 , 180 , 188 , 193 , 195 , 199 –200 , 202 , 208 , 210 , 213 –215 , 217 , 219 , 229 –230 , 233 , 237n36 , 282 , 290 , 297 , 300 , 302 , 358 , 405 , 417 , 419
economic power/control of husbands
84 , 88 , 201n32
heiresses’ husbands
135 –137 , 143
insolvent husbands
230 , 407
second/new husband
19 , 61 –63 , 70 , 76 , 90 , 184n58 , 185 , 233 , 346 , 348 , 355 , 359 , 392
unpropertied husband (married into property, see also einfahrenderGeselle)
20 , 209 –210 , 347 , 348 , 371 –372 , 409
husbandmen
315 , 318 , 335 –337 , 337n79
illness
15 , 66 , 74 , 85 , 98 , 101 , 108 –109 , 187 , 217 , 294 –295 , 404 , 418
income
71 , 184 , 184n58 , 197 –198 , 211 , 264 , 269 , 271 –274 , 291 , 335 , 338 , 380 , 385 –386 , 390
family income
273
household income
262
rental income/revenue
255 , 272 , 385 –386 , 390
independence
11 , 56 , 104 , 162 , 166 , 201n32 , 218
economic independence
16 , 41 , 153 , 163 , 165 –166
financial independence
394
patrimonial independence
153
indebtedness
64 , 218 , 312 , 339
indisposition
295
indissolubility
376
inequality (see also gender inequality)
37 , 118 , 120 , 126 , 134 , 406 , 414 , 419
inflation (see also dowry inflation)
320 , 334 –335
infrajudicial (see also arbitration)
12 , 12n36 , 227 , 231 , 234 , 245 , 410 , 412
inheritance (see also ab intestato, agreement, conflict, contract, dispute, exclusion of inheritance, law, proceedings)
2 –3 , 11 , 13 , 15 , 33 –37 , 39 –41 , 43 –44 , 52 , 57 , 60 –61 , 63 –66 , 68 , 74 , 89 , 110 , 119 , 121 –122 , 121n8 , 121n9 , 124 –125 , 129n28 , 129 , 131 –132 , 139 –140 , 141n50 , 141 , 143 –144 , 153 , 155 , 159 –160 , 163 , 165 , 170 , 172 , 177 –180 , 186 , 188 , 193 , 196 , 198 , 200 , 202 –205 , 209 , 219 , 228 –229 , 232 –233 , 237n36 , 238 –239 , 239n42 , 240 –243 , 241n50 , 245 , 247 , 295 , 300 , 302 , 312n5 , 346 , 349 , 352n19 , 356 –359 , 361 , 366 –367 , 371 , 383 , 401 , 404 , 412 –415 , 420 16 , 41 –42 , 118n4 , 243 –244 , 417
impartible inheritance/Anerbenrecht
6 , 13 , 121 , 178 , 203
intestate inheritance
14 , 31 , 242 , 244 , 245
maternal inheritance
32 , 36 , 42 , 229 , 236 –238 , 238n38 , 238n39 , 240 , 346 –347 , 353 , 356
parental inheritance
177 , 414
partible inheritance
6 , 13 , 194
paternal inheritance
11n35 , 17 , 32 , 36 , 39 , 41 , 43 , 184 , 225 , 230 , 239 –241 , 244 –249 , 346 –347 , 355 , 357 , 359 , 369 , 414
renouncement/renunciation of inheritance
18 , 34 , 65 , 74 , 160 , 177 , 204 , 233n28 , 285 , 302 , 414 –415
sibling inheritance
137 , 207 –208
single inheritance
117 , 119 –120 , 122 , 124 , 126 –128 , 127n25 , 130 , 132 –133 , 141 , 143
unequal inheritance
46 , 119 , 241
inheritance claims
30 , 33 –34 , 92 , 94 , 159 , 177 , 204 , 415
inheritance customs
3n6 , 312n5
inheritance disparity
30
inheritance patterns
1 , 3 , 12 , 203
female inheritance patterns
312 , 322n36
inheritance portion/advance/share
32 , 37 , 45 , 60 , 64 , 74 , 96 , 127 , 133 , 137 –140 , 142 –144 , 176 , 195 , 198 , 204 , 206 –207 , 239 –243 , 240n46 , 246 , 359 , 414 , 417
inheritance practices
2 –3 , 3n6 , 6 , 8 –10 , 13 , 16 , 118n3 , 119 , 122n11 , 127n25 , 132 , 143 , 171 , 206 –207 , 212 , 219 , 300n59 , 418
inheritance regime
13 , 46
inheritance registrations
119 , 131n30 , 134
inheritance regulations
3 , 3n6
inheritance rights (
see
rights
)
inheritance rules
61 –62 , 129
inheritance settlement
33 , 76
inheritance structures
4 , 12 , 13
inheritance system
40 , 46 , 131n32 , 195 –196 , 242
in-laws
134 , 136 , 408 , 418
InstrumentaCapitularia
153 –154
interests (see also family interests)
15 , 18 , 64 , 71 , 86 , 111 , 121 , 132 , 140 , 158 , 204 –205 , 219 , 231 , 236 –237 , 277 , 289 , 292 , 299 , 302 , 347 , 380 , 406 –407 , 412 , 413
accrued interest
295
annual interest
232 , 295 , 300
capital interests
269
conflicts of interest
5 , 76 , 418
economic/financial interests
77 , 183 , 255 –256 , 261 , 264 , 266 –267 , 284 , 416
interest payment/rate
61 , 170 , 185 , 214 , 216 , 218 , 232 –234 , 236 , 295 , 327 –329 , 356 –357 , 366 , 370
kin/heirs/relatives interests
204 –205 , 228 , 230 , 238 , 417 , 419
material interests
283
personal/own interest
15 , 132 , 246 , 283 , 292 , 297 , 302
public interest
38 , 219
self-interest
275 , 298 –299
inter vivos property transfer
205 , 312n5
inventory [probate]
1 , 19 , 90n22 , 94 , 174 , 194 , 199 , 212 , 289 , 311 –317 , 314n13 , 318 , 318n32 , 319 –324 , 325 –327 , 328 –329 , 330 –333 , 332n68 , 334 –337 , 337n79 , 339 –341 , 365 , 404 , 408 , 410 –411
investment
95 , 125 , 141 , 207 , 216 –219 , 261
jail
227 , 233 , 351 , 360 , 363 , 367 –368
judge
8 , 43 , 59 , 68 , 75 , 78 , 182 , 185 , 199 , 205 –206 , 219 , 226 –228 , 230 , 232 , 234 , 236 –237 , 244 , 249 –351 , 353n21 , 357 , 363 , 365 , 367 –368 , 379 , 381
ecclesiastical judge
350
lay judge
59
town/market judge
353n21 , 363 , 365 , 368
jurisdiction
229 , 290 –292 , 295 , 302 , 350 , 366 , 376 , 377n5 , 379
feudal jurisdiction
261 , 288
low jurisdiction
290
jurisdictional rules
8
jurist
30 –33 , 37 , 42 , 44 , 46 , 173 , 226 , 229 –230 , 238n39 , 244 , 410
justice (see also court)
40 –41 , 244 , 420
civil justice
19 , 225 , 349
civil justice senate/Ziviljustizsenat
376
criminal justice
19 , 349
family justice
17 , 225 , 227 , 231 , 237 –238 , 247
private justice
249
public justice
17 , 225 –228 , 231 –232 , 235 , 237 , 245 , 247 , 249
next of kin
13 , 16 , 170 , 198 , 200 , 401
kinship (see also agnates, relatives)
3 –5 , 7 , 10n29 , 14 , 17 , 35 , 47 , 89 , 93 , 96 , 179 , 183 , 193n2 , 219 , 299n56 , 300n59 , 402n3 , 409 , 417 , 419 –420
agnatic kinship
32
kinship structures
13
kinsman
36 , 97
kinswomen
36
kitchenware
199 , 202
labourers
19 , 314 –325 , 314n13 , 327 –329 , 331 –333 , 332n68 , 335 –338 , 337n79 , 338n84 , 339 –342 , 358 , 378 , 402 , 411
day labourers
57 , 212 , 336
lady
261 , 270n36 , 298
land (see also family land/landholding)
1 , 15 , 17 , 19 , 29 , 29n3 , 61 , 65 , 69 , 71 , 73 , 75 , 86 , 88 –91 , 93 –97 , 100 –101 , 103 –104 , 106 , 110 –112 , 117 –118 , 121 , 122n12 , 124 –125 , 127 –128 , 127n26 , 130 , 133 –135 , 137 , 141 –142 , 175n24 , 180 –182 , 184 , 193n2 , 196 –198 , 206 , 208 , 210 , 213 –219 , 236 , 261 , 265 , 269 –270 , 272 –273 , 311 –313 , 312n5 , 321 –325 , 329 –331 , 346 , 346n4 , 355 , 358 –360 , 365 , 368 –369 , 371 , 376 , 388 , 390 , 412 –413
crown land
93 –94
landholdings
13 , 85 , 90 –91 , 202 , 217 , 313n9 , 409
landlady
329
landlord
197 , 394
land market
3 , 6 , 10n29 , 75 , 95 , 210
land tenure
197 , 313
landownership (see also ownership)
17 , 29 , 88n18 , 95 , 121 , 195 –197 , 202 –203 , 209 –210 , 210n57 , 213 , 217 –219
land records
119
land register
143
land registry
384
land tax records
141 , 143
land title registers
349 , 353 , 353n24 , 354n26 , 370
land transmission/transfer of land
86 , 92 , 95 , 176 , 208 , 354n26
law
4 , 10 –12 , 11n34 , 16 , 29n3 , 31 –32 , 38 , 42 , 46 –48 , 55 –56 , 59 , 63 , 78 , 87 , 88 –90 , 88n18 , 89n21 , 90n22 , 95 , 118 –120 , 126 –127 , 126n24 , 132 , 134 , 136 , 138n42 , 140 , 160 , 160n23 , 161n26 , 171 , 174 –175 , 178 , 185 , 194n8 , 197 , 200 , 201n32 , 202 , 210n56 , 219 , 228 , 232 –234 , 244 , 246 , 249 , 298 , 311 , 313 , 354 , 379 , 383 –384 , 395 –396 , 402 –403 , 406 –408 , 412 , 420
Austrian Civil Code of 1811
372 , 372n91 , 377 , 381 –383 , 403
Austrian law
204n42
canon law
312 , 348 , 352 , 376 , 379 , 379n9
Civil Code of 1786
20 , 201n32 , 372 , 377 , 381 –382
Civil Code of 1804
15 –16 , 118 , 118n4 , 120 , 126 , 402 –403 , 407
Codex Theresianus of 1766
381
common law
260 , 313 , 403 , 420
Constitutio super statutariissuccessionibus of 1680
31 , 31n8 , 44
Constitutions of Friuli
38 –39 , 38n37 , 41 , 43
criminal law
174 , 364
customary law
14 , 16 , 59 , 76 –77 , 118 , 175 , 185
ecclesiastical law
11
feudal law
35 , 48 , 260
Germanic law
159 , 171
inheritance law
2 , 11 –12 , 42 , 117 –118 , 118n4 , 171 –172 , 174 , 178 , 196 , 302 , 395
iusterre/Landrecht
175 , 185
Josephine law codex of 1786
Josephine Civile Code (
see
Civil Code of 1786
)
Joseph ii’s Marriage Patent
350
Justinian Law
30 , 38 , 46 –47 , 239 , 239n42
lex de testamentis of 1477 [Florence]
17 , 249 , 249n64
Lombard law
32
Law of Norway 1687 89
Joseph iis Marriage Patent/Marriage Act/Law of 1783
350 , 376 –377 , 379 , 381 1 , 11 –12 , 171 , 195n10
marriage law
347 , 376 , 395
marital property law
6 , 8 , 171 , 174 , 382 , 418
municipal law
239 , 241n50 , 242
natural law
39 , 46 –47 , 77
Roman law/ius commune
15 , 30 –31 , 36 , 38 , 46 –47 , 55 , 78 , 159 , 186 , 188 , 239 , 242 , 246 , 403
rural award/Weistum
175
Sachsenspiegel
175
Schwabenspiegel
175
statute of the Podestà [Florence]
227
statutory law
14 , 17 , 31 , 35n26 , 239 , 249
territorial law
59 , 174 –177 , 175n24 , 176n25
Tyrolean law code/TirolerLandesordnung
11 , 16 , 171 , 174 , 177 –178 , 180 , 187 , 195 –197 , 199 –201 , 203 –204 , 206 , 208 , 211n58 , 212n60 , 213 , 219 , 289 –290 , 294n41 , 298 –302
usucaption law/Ersitzungsrecht
174
written law
8 , 11 , 15 , 59 , 78 , 121n8
law codes
1 , 11 , 16 , 88n18 , 173 –174 , 219 , 360n48
lawsuits
59 , 64 , 66 , 68 –69 , 72 , 228 –229 , 232 –233 , 235 , 272 , 298 , 401 , 407
lawyer
350 –351 , 367 , 378
leadership
287
lease holdings
313 , 321
lease of the land
215
legal agent/procuratore
186 , 226 , 232 , 236
legal capacity
297
legal change
94 , 118n5 , 201n32 , 408
legal claims
202 , 204 , 273 , 276 , 403 , 420
legal codes
20 , 93 , 383 , 408
legal context
2 , 198 , 418 , 420
legal culture
1 –2 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 11 –14 , 17 , 301 , 402 , 409 , 415
legal customs
1 , 39 , 59
legal expertise/Consilia
237
legal framework
9 , 227 , 403 , 406 –407 , 413 , 416
legal incapacitation
301
legal institutions
7 , 11 , 18 , 407
legal instrument
216 , 394 , 406 , 420
legal norms
20 , 52 , 56 , 61 –62 , 76 –77 , 172 , 291 , 395 , 403
legal order
402
legal pluralism
11
legal practice
11 , 15 –16 , 59 , 77 , 171 , 173 , 196 , 211 , 302 , 402 , 407
legal professional
410
legal regime
5
legal regulations
1 , 17 , 21 , 62 –63 , 174
legal sources
408
legal spaces
9 –10 , 10n31 , 172n12 , 193n2 , 197 , 301 , 402n3 , 410 , 413
legal thought
3
legality
55 , 58 , 94
legislation
11 , 30 –31 , 34 , 39 , 44 , 46 –47 , 88n18 , 89 , 89n21 , 90 –91 , 102 , 260 , 276
inheritance legislation
89 –90
statutory legislation
31
légitime
124
legittima/legitima
32 , 34 , 37 , 43 , 43n51 , 44 –46 , 45n57 , 73 , 156n8 , 239 , 239n42 , 241 , 244 –247 , 244n55
letters
74 , 187 –188 , 257 –258 , 262n17 , 265 , 276 , 291 –292 , 293 –295 , 408
lettres de cachet
7
liberty
41 –42 , 118 , 144 , 277
life course
12 , 14 , 19 –20 , 91 , 119n6 , 338
line
42 , 61 , 200 , 244 –245 , 247 , 285 , 287 –289 , 302 , 391 , 418
bloodline
88 , 186 , 200 , 204 , 212
familial/family line
140 , 175 –177 , 179 , 276n49 , 284 , 289
female line
92
inheritance lines
37 , 63
kinship lines
35
male (family) line
91 , 178 , 203 , 206 , 275 , 276n49 , 413
patrilineal line
20 , 371
lineage (see also property)
35 , 37 –38 , 44 , 61 , 122 –123 , 127 , 132 , 132n33 , 414 , 419
family lineage
121
patrilineage
40 , 248
literacy
259 , 261
litigation
16 –17 , 44 , 196 , 219 , 225 –226 , 229 –231 , 233 , 236 –237 , 348 –349 , 351
livelihood
15 , 76 , 92 , 102 , 126 , 178n38 , 202 , 204 –205 , 213 , 231 , 284 , 396 , 409
loan
64 , 94 –95 , 262n15 , 266 , 274 , 386 , 418
locked trunk
199 , 201
lord
54 , 78 , 249 , 267 –268 , 290 , 294
lordship
54 , 349
maid
57 , 70
maintenance
7 , 36 , 159 , 258 , 272 , 274 , 338 , 340 , 363 , 367 , 379 –381 , 387 –394 , 404 , 409
marginality
255 –256 , 302
marital contract (
see
contract
)
marital property regimes (
see
community of (marital) property, community of acquisition, property regime
)
marriage (see also contract, proceedings, law)
3 , 3n6 , 5 –6 , 10 , 16 –17 , 19 –20 , 37 , 40 –41 , 52 , 60 –64 , 70 , 74 , 76 , 85 , 87 –89 , 92 , 96 , 108 , 119 –120 , 119n6 , 124 –125 , 127 , 130 –134 , 136 –142 , 144 , 155n7 , 157 –159 , 161 –162 , 172 –174 , 176 –179 , 181 –188 , 193 –194 , 199 , 199n24 , 201 –203 , 205 –206 , 206n47 , 208 –210 , 212n60 , 215 , 217 –218 , 227 , 230 –231 , 234 –235 , 237 , 242 , 246 , 248 , 257 –258 , 261 , 266 , 272 , 275 –276 , 283 , 285 , 287 , 299 –301 , 325 , 336 , 338 , 345 –357 , 362 , 364 –365 , 368 –372 , 375 –379 , 381 –389 , 393 , 395 –396 , 401 , 403 –405 , 408 –409 , 411 –412 , 416 –420
Catholic marriage
376 –377
dissolution of marriage
380 –381
exogamous marriage/exogamy
139 , 144
separation of marriage
3
marriage ceremony
157 –158 , 161 , 188 , 418
marriage portion/Heiratsgut
2 , 9 , 17 , 175 –178 , 180 –182 , 184 –186 , 196 , 196n11 , 199 , 208 –211 , 209n52 , 211n58 , 218 , 295 , 345 , 392 , 411 , 414 –415
Heimsteuer
175 , 185
guarantees of marriage portion
204 –205 , 208
master
124 –125 , 265 , 291 , 353 , 355 , 355n29 , 357 , 364 , 387 , 392
material culture
311 , 420
matrimonial alliances
255
means of production
197
mayor
57 , 59 , 68 –69 , 71 , 73 –74 , 292
means of production
197
mediation
17 –18 , 21 , 226 –227 , 235 , 277 , 401 , 409 –410 , 421
mediator
68 , 258 , 410
memoria/memory/memories
37 –38 , 259 , 262 –264 , 268n27 , 270n33 , 271n37 , 273 –274 , 274n45 , 277 , 411
merchant
7n17 , 9 , 212 , 228 –229 , 231 , 234 –235 , 240 –241 , 264 , 266 , 351 –353 , 355n31 , 358 , 365 –366 , 370 , 372 , 402 , 415
merchantess
19 , 348 , 365 , 368
microhistory
284n6 , 420
midwife
354 , 354n25
milieus, milieux
12 , 260 , 261 , 394 –395 , 402 , 404 –406 , 409 , 413 , 415 , 420
minors
72 , 74 , 102 , 228 , 313 , 357 , 387 , 389 , 393
mismanagement
297
Momper (see also gender guardian)
2 , 15 , 75 , 77 , 77n69 , 410
money
5 , 41 , 64 –65 , 72 –75 , 88 , 90 –91 , 96 , 101 , 103 , 107 , 125 , 139 –140 , 144 , 156 , 158 –159 , 160n23 , 164 , 176 , 180 , 182 , 184 , 195 , 196n11 , 198 , 201 , 207 , 210 –211 , 213 , 216 –219 , 230n20 , 232 , 234 , 236 , 238 , 240n47 , 262 , 262n15 , 266 , 272 , 274 , 288 , 295 , 300 –301 , 316n22 , 317 , 323 , 327 –329 , 332 , 364 –365 , 367 , 370 , 385 –386 , 388 , 391 , 401 , 404 , 409 , 412
morning gift/Morgengabe
60 , 90 , 90n22 , 159 , 159n21 , 160 , 160n23 , 175 –176 , 175n25 , 180 , 182 , 184 –187 , 201 –202 , 201n32 , 204 , 210 , 210n56 , 211 –212 , 211n58 , 211n59 , 212n60 , 214 , 218 , 415
mortgage
15 , 75 , 86 , 94 , 103 , 109 , 111 , 176 , 218 , 352n19 , 357 , 359 –361 , 365 , 369 , 385 , 387 , 396 , 407
mother
17 –18 , 35 –36 , 39 , 44 , 65 , 66n45 , 68 –69 , 72 , 74 –75 , 94 , 97 , 103 , 109 , 112 , 131 , 143 , 159 , 162 –163 , 165 , 177 , 184 , 184n58 , 203 –204 , 207n49 , 207n50 , 215 , 217 , 229 , 233 –234 , 236 –238 , 238n39 , 245 –246 , 261 , 263 , 268 , 269n31 , 285 , 291 , 293 –294 , 295 , 298 , 300 , 302 , 327 , 352 , 354n27 , 361 –362 , 367 –369 , 387 , 389 –392 , 394 , 414
mother-in-law
69 –70 , 72 –74 , 258 , 264 , 269 , 273 , 369 –370
movables (see also assets and goods)
1 , 5 , 87 , 90 –91 , 109 , 177 , 188 , 198 –199 , 200n26 , 202 –203 , 207 , 210 , 212 , 322 , 388
mundium
159
municipal magistracy [ufficio, Florence]
226
UfficialideiPupilli
228 , 229n14 , 237 –238
Ufficialidella Torre
228 , 230n20
Ufficiali sopra I benideiribelli
229
negotiation
1 , 3 –4 , 6 –7 , 10 –17 , 19 , 21 , 30 , 57 , 119 , 126 , 132 , 135 , 158 , 162 , 173 , 178n38 , 186 –188 , 196 –198 , 204 , 213 –219 , 226 , 230 , 232 , 234 –237 , 257 , 275 , 407 –409 , 420 –421
neighbour
14 , 16 , 68 , 71 , 218 , 313 –314 , 410 , 418
neighbourhood
8 , 409
nobility
6 , 17 –18 , 59 , 85 , 95 , 166 , 170 , 173 , 177 , 179 , 184 , 187 , 254 –256 , 258 , 261 , 265 –266 , 275 , 277 , 282 , 283n3 , 289 , 296n48 , 300n59 , 301
high nobility
287n14
low nobility
18 , 282 , 284 –285 , 289 , 297 , 299 –301 , 303
noblewoman
66 , 257 , 264 , 268 –271 , 408
notary
119n6 , 126 , 134 , 141 , 143 , 153 –158 , 161 –166 , 171 , 174 , 226 , 232 –233 , 235 , 237 , 248 , 410 –411 , 418
public notaries
173
notarial acts
153 , 158 , 163 –164 , 166 , 180 –181
notarial deeds
225 , 234
notarial register
16 , 153 , 174 , 408 , 415
notarial system
11
notary books
1
notary records
141n50 , 412
notebook
245 , 262 , 265 –266 , 268 , 272 , 408
numeracy
259 –261
objects (see also goods)
160n23 , 177n33 246 , 262 , 274 , 409 , 420
obligations
61 , 64 , 66 , 69 , 92 , 111 , 122 –125 , 179 , 196 –197 , 204 , 212 , 246 , 297 , 349 –350 , 361 , 391 , 410 , 417
financial obligations
64 , 359
offspring (see also descendants)
32 , 60 , 107 , 283
old age
1 , 14 –15 , 76 , 84 –85 , 88 , 90 , 92 , 94 , 98 , 101 –102 , 104 , 109 , 112 , 131 , 182 , 205 , 213 , 216 , 418 –419
oral tradition
55 , 59 –60
orphan/orphaned child
74 , 162 , 165 , 180 , 229 , 232 , 234 , 311
owner
73 , 88 , 90 –91 , 95 –96 , 98 , 102 –103 , 109 , 122 , 122n12 , 128 , 130 , 133 , 135 , 155 , 197 –198 , 209 , 217 , 237n36 , 294 , 353 , 365 –366 , 378 , 385 , 389 –391 , 393
ownership (see also house owner/ownership, landownership)
3 , 13 , 15 , 19 , 29n3 , 60 –61 , 77 , 86 , 92 –94 , 100 , 108 , 125 , 127 , 135 –136 , 138 , 143 , 174n22 , 197 –200 , 203 , 208 –209 , 210n55 , 213 , 215 –218 , 255 , 273 , 311 , 349 , 358 , 372 , 393 , 395 , 403 –404 , 406 –407 , 413 –415 , 417 , 419
co-ownership/-owner
141 , 353 , 358 , 363 , 369
joint ownership
172 –173 , 389 –390 , 413
shared ownership
135 , 141 , 405
parent/s
7 , 39 , 60 –62 , 66 , 70 , 72 , 77 , 88 , 90 –92 , 94 –98 , 102 , 107 , 112 , 117 , 120 , 122 , 124 –125 , 127 –129 , 128n27 , 131 , 131n30 , 134 , 136 –143 , 165 , 180 –181 , 183 , 205 –207 , 241n50 , 290 –291 , 302 , 356 , 370 , 401 , 409 , 417
parents-in-law
183 , 419
parish registers
86 , 316 , 319 , 351n17 , 352
partition
15 , 120 –121 , 126 –127 , 133 –134 , 137 , 139 –140 , 142 –144 , 153
pater familias
165 , 419
patriciate
6
patrimonial system (see also conflicts, disputes)
30
patrimony
117 , 239 –241 , 241n50 , 244 –245 , 264 , 275
patrilineage/patrilineal (
see
lineage, line, power
)
pay-out
17 , 171 , 204 –205 , 215
peace
7 , 56 , 78 , 109 , 237 , 267 , 363 , 367 , 395 , 401
peasants
54 , 155
peasant woman
298
petition
7n17 , 228n13 , 229 –230 , 233 , 244 , 244n56 , 293 –294 , 297
plague
16 , 153 –154 , 164 –166 , 245 –246 , 268 , 408 , 414 , 420
plaintiffs
338 , 366
possession (see also household, property)
17 , 19 , 60 , 62 –63 , 65 , 68 , 71 –72 , 76 , 127 , 153 , 174 , 183 , 199 , 201 , 215 , 218 , 236 , 238 , 248 , 274 –275 , 276n49 , 286 , 301 , 316 , 319 , 323 –325 , 328 , 340 –341 , 387 –388 , 396 , 404
power
4 –5 , 12 –14 , 18 –21 , 54 , 84 –85 , 89 , 124 , 134 –137 , 139 , 143 –144 , 164 , 174 –175 , 186 , 234 , 254 , 267 , 282 , 284 –285 , 289 , 292 , 292n32 , 299n56 , 300 , 302 –303 , 345 –346 , 348 , 350 , 402 , 404 , 406 , 409 , 416 –417 , 420
familial power
296
seat of power
300
power struggles
286 , 132
primogeniture
15 , 117 , 121n9 , 124 , 132 , 313n9
privileges
76 , 97 , 108 –109 , 118 , 125 –126 , 135 , 140 –141 , 174 , 386 , 393
probate accounts (see also proceedings)
312 –314 , 312n4 , 335 , 337 , 339
probate inventory (
see
inventory
)
proceedings
8 , 18 , 43 , 55 –56 , 203 , 205 , 213 –214 , 232 , 357 , 363 , 366 –368 , 368n79 , 378 , 386 , 401 , 410
bankruptcy proceedings
293 –295 , 361 –364 , 372
court proceedings
5 , 44 , 70 , 236 , 381 , 407 , 410
divorce proceedings
1 , 373 , 379 –381 , 396
inheritance proceedings
1 , 153 , 165 , 196 , 208 , 210
marriage proceedings
347 –348 , 350 , 395
probate proceedings
357 , 371 , 378 , 387 , 393 , 408
procurator
186 , 226 , 236 , 410
property (see also administration, possession, rights, wealth)
37 , 57 , 60 –62 , 64 , 68 –70 , 73 , 75 , 84 –85 , 87 –89 , 90 –92 , 90n22 , 96 , 105 , 108 –109 , 112 , 121n8 , 122n12 , 125 , 127 –128 , 131n30 , 133 –135 , 141 , 153 , 160 , 164 , 170 –172 , 174n22 , 176 , 180 –181 , 185 , 188 , 193 –198 , 200 –210 , 201n32 , 212 –213 , 212n60 , 216 , 218 –219 , 225 –226 , 236 –237 , 237n36 , 255 , 260 , 271 –273 , 277 , 285 , 287 –289 , 287n14 , 291 , 294 , 296n48 , 297 –300 , 302 –303 , 314 , 322 –324 , 345 –348 , 352 , 355 , 358 , 365 –366 , 368 –369 , 371 –372 , 375 , 378 –379 , 381 –387 , 390 –391 , 393 , 395 –396 , 403 –404 , 409 , 413 , 416 –417 , 421
agrarian property
257 , 277
allocation of property
285
common marital property
1 , 60 , 379 , 382 , 384 , 389 , 413
declaration of property
272
distribution of property
17 , 20 , 62 , 196 , 208 , 379 , 381
division of property (see also estate, wealth)
92 , 200 , 381 –383 , 389 –391
dotal property system
4 , 9
family/familial property
1 , 5 –6 , 18 , 73 , 77 , 121n8 , 165 , 196 , 241n50 , 255 , 272 , 285 , 287 , 295 , 302
hereditary property
160
housing property
393 , 396
immovable/immobile property
10 , 75 , 160n23 , 164 , 174n22 , 197 , 236 , 240 , 388 , 413 , 417
individualised property
297 , 302
joint management of property
287
joint property
88 , 345 –347 , 354 , 356 , 365 , 369 , 371 –372 , 385 , 417
landed property
15 , 19 , 44 , 90 , 176 , 208 , 210 , 219 , 233 –234 , 238 , 313 , 324 , 416
lineage property
198 , 212 , 219
marital property (see also arrangement)
1 , 3 –4 , 6 –7 , 10 –18 , 20 , 33 , 61 , 88 , 90 , 133 –134 , 141 , 172 , 179 –182 , 184 , 195 –196 , 199 –202 , 204 –205 , 285 , 295 , 296n48 , 299 , 302 , 345 –347 , 352 –353 , 358 , 366 , 369 , 372 –373 , 382 , 405 , 416 , 417 , 418 –419
marriage property
12 , 171 , 173
matrimonial property
16 , 20 , 171 , 194n3 , 346 , 348 , 366 , 371
movable property
87 , 91 , 164 , 197 , 236 , 313 , 346 , 388 –389
negotiations of property
6 , 10
parental property
88
personal property
90 , 274
private property
96
real property
311 , 313
separate marital property
195 , 210 , 405 , 416 –417
separation of property
60 , 133 , 188 , 200 , 201n32 , 202 , 300 , 302 , 372
undivided fraternal property
18 , 206 , 285 , 288 –289 , 291 , 297 , 299 , 302
use of property
255 , 285
property regime
3 , 14 , 175 , 194 –195 , 202 , 209
familial property regime
2 , 285 , 302
legal property regime
2 , 193
marital (matrimonial) property regime
1 , 3 , 3n6 , 4 , 9 –10 , 11n35 , 12 –13 , 16 , 194n48 , 200 , 207 , 209 , 296n48 , 299 –300 , 302 , 346 , 355 , 361 , 371 –372 , 415 , 418 –420
property status
12
property structure
4 , 13
property/wealth transfer/transmission
1 –3 , 6 –7 , 9 –10 , 13 , 15 , 17 –18 , 55 , 60 , 85 , 88n18 , 125 , 196 , 200 –202 , 205 , 209 , 255 –256 , 258 , 271 , 273 , 277 , 369 –370 , 404
Protestantism
53
provisions
1 , 5 , 15 , 33 –34 , 36 –38 , 40 –41 , 44 , 47 , 76 , 94 , 98 –99 , 101 –102 , 106 , 110 , 112 , 174 , 182 –183 , 186 , 193 –194 , 204 , 213 , 216 –217 , 228n10 , 229 , 231 –232 , 277 , 284 , 288 , 295 , 296n48 , 301 , 313 , 346 , 349 , 356 , 373 , 377 , 379 , 404 –405
Quakers
325
quarta
33
rank (see also status, birth rank)
287 , 300 –301
social rank
261
real estate
2 , 5 , 35 , 61 , 75 , 158 , 163 , 180 , 195 , 197 –198 , 202 , 204 , 208 –211 , 217 –219 , 233 , 237 , 240n46 , 240n47 , 404 , 406 –407 , 416 , 419
receipt
180 , 188 , 200 , 213 , 410
reconciliation
407 , 410
Reformation
53 , 78
regency
289 –290 , 292n30 , 293 , 295
female regency
297
regent
285 , 289 , 291 –294 , 292n30 , 297 –299 , 302
register books/imbreviatur
173 –174
regulation
1 , 3 , 15 , 17 , 21 , 30 , 55 , 60 , 62 –63 , 88n18 , 94 , 121n8 , 122 , 174 , 176 , 186 , 203 , 276 , 354n25 , 379 , 381 , 420
reimbursement
16 , 185 , 195n9 , 229n14 , 231 , 236
relations
13 , 35 , 54 , 158 , 271 , 276 , 300 , 367
economic relations
16 , 155 , 266
emotional relations
155
familial relations
8 , 155 , 265 , 283 , 395
gender relations
4 , 11 , 13 , 284 , 296 , 408
kinship relations
5 –6 , 12 , 183
male relations
35 , 45 , 47
marital relations
6 , 12
political relations
257
power relations
12 , 18 , 21 , 302 , 404
social relations
21 , 155 , 257 , 264 –265 , 276 , 331
relatives/frunde [by blood, by marriage] (see also agnates, kinship)
31 , 43 , 52 , 60 , 62 –63 , 65 –66 , 68 –73 , 75 –77 , 97n42 , 139 , 158 , 162 –166 , 182 , 183n55 , 187 , 195n10 , 198 –204 , 216 , 226 –228 , 238 , 244 –245 , 248 , 331 , 346 , 364 , 369 , 395 , 409 , 411 –412 , 417 –419
religious institutions
1 , 155 , 185 , 245
relinquishment
299
remarriage
15 , 63 , 74 , 76 , 104 , 135 , 213 , 231 , 289 , 354 , 376 –377 , 417 –418
renunciation
291 , 361
renunciation of inheritance (
see
inheritance
)
rent
164 , 262 , 269 –272 , 295 , 321 , 390 , 394
rental income (
see
income
)
reproduction
2 , 30
reputation
77 , 297 , 303
resolution of conflict/dispute (
see
conflict, dispute
)
resources
5 , 29 , 29n3 , 87 , 120 , 122 , 122n12 , 179 , 349 , 369 , 409
responsibility
89 , 96 , 123 –124 , 128 , 131 , 198 , 213 , 227 , 237 , 255 , 269 , 289 , 291 , 297 , 384 , 392
retreat
299
revenues
184 , 242 , 295 –296 , 300 , 363 , 390
rights
1 , 5 , 29n3 , 31 –33 , 36 , 40 –43 , 45 , 47 , 55 , 58 , 61 –64 , 66 , 68 , 70 , 73 –74 , 76 –78 , 87 –90 , 88n18 , 94 –95 , 97 –100 , 104 , 106 , 108 –109 , 112 , 122 , 124 , 126 , 130 , 135 , 142 –143 , 176 , 178 , 184n58 , 186 –187 , 193 , 197 –198 , 212 , 212n60 , 217 , 230 , 236 , 238 , 242 , 244 , 246 , 249 , 255 , 271 –274 , 294 , 294n41 , 296 –297 , 300 –302 , 321 , 346 –347 , 346n4 , 350 –351 , 358 , 360n48 , 362 , 371 –372 , 380 , 381 –383 , 387 , 390 –391 , 395 , 407 , 410 , 412 –413 , 415 , 417 , 419 –420 197
administration rights
210 , 403
inheritance rights
29 , 42 –43 , 88n18 , 90 , 177 , 238n39 , 244 –245 , 348 , 417
legal rights
108 , 124 , 135
management of rights
201n32
maintenance rights
393 –394
ownership rights
3 , 125 , 413
patrimonial rights
227
property rights
3 , 13 , 31 , 36 , 125 , 135 –137 , 143 , 153 , 204 , 209 , 285 , 287 , 287n14 , 288 , 302 , 384 , 395
sovereign rights
286 , 291
usage/usufruct rights/rights of use
103 –104 , 107 –108 , 125 , 198 , 204 , 244 , 273 , 288 , 409 , 416 –417
widow’s rights
178 , 178n38 , 186 , 217
women’s rights
33 , 406 –407
rights and claim
380 , 410 , 420
right of abode (see also abode)
65
rites of passage
283
rule
37 , 40 , 44 , 54 , 90n22 , 132 , 155n7 , 176 , 176n26 , 227 , 238 –239 , 242 , 244 , 247 , 249 , 254 , 261 , 296 –297 , 299 , 302 , 311 , 345 , 395 , 403n5 , 420
ruler
173 –174 , 285
rural economy
98 , 260 , 277
sacrament
370 , 377
sale
15 , 64 , 72 –73 , 75 , 86 , 89 , 93 –96 , 97n42 , 110 , 122n12 , 133 , 176 , 180 , 197 , 230n20 , 288 , 312n5 , 365 –366
savings
130 , 144 , 328
separate estate
60 , 62 , 75
separation (see also divorce)
3 , 8 , 19 , 20 , 101 , 299 , 347 –348 , 350 , 366 , 375 –377 , 376n3 , 378 , 405 –406 , 408 , 410 , 417 , 419
spousal separation
8
separation from bed and board (see also divorce from bed and board)
200 , 350 , 405
separation of goods
173 , 175 –176 , 186 , 403 , 405 –406 , 417 –419
separation of (marital) property
16 –18 , 20 , 60 , 133 , 179 , 188 , 200 , 201n32 , 202 , 285 , 295 , 299 –300 , 302 , 346 , 346n5 , 372 , 383 , 406
settlement
7 –8 , 33 , 63 , 76 , 132 , 138 , 138n44 , 193 , 195 –196 , 199 –200 , 202 –203 , 205 –208 , 206n47 , 207n50 , 213 –214 , 216 –217 , 219 , 288 –289 , 366 , 378 –381 , 394 , 402 , 409 , 411 , 418
arbitration settlement
227 , 232 , 236 , 247
compromise settlement
184
conflict settlement
196
consensual settlements
381
contractual settlement
195
divorce settlements (see also divorce contract)
19 , 379 –380 , 382 , 385 , 387 , 389 , 391 –394 , 396
judicial settlement
199
marriage settlements (see also marriage contract)
9 , 76 , 312n5
out of court settlements
366
retirement settlement (see also contract)
97
succession settlement
137 , 143
widowhood settlement/widow endowment settlement (see also endowment, widow`s endowment)
205 –206 , 208 , 213 , 216 –217 , 219
servants
7n17 , 89 , 137 , 139 , 163 , 175n24 , 258 , 271 , 313 , 325 –326 , 336 , 351 , 356 , 358 , 370 , 406
civil servants
139 , 378 –379 , 393 –394
domestic servants
378
female servants
101 , 354
indentured servants
335
maidservant
74n61
male servant
101
share
40 , 43 , 64 , 68 , 88 , 90 –91 , 95 –96 , 100 , 133 –138 , 140 –142 , 207 , 209 , 240 –241 , 240n46 , 241n50 , 245 , 247 , 248n63 , 291 , 387 , 390 , 404 , 411
equal shares
60 , 62 , 142 , 200 , 203 , 207n49 , 385
extra share
133 –135 , 133n34 , 141 –142
inheritance share
45 , 60 , 133 , 137 –140 , 142 –144 , 159 , 176 , 206 –207 , 239 –240 , 242 , 246 , 414 , 417
land share
103
legal share
133 –134 , 138 , 143
sibling’s shares
127 , 134 –136
widow’s share
90
share of the skirt/Rockteil
60 , 63 , 417
share of the sword/Schwertteil
60 , 63 , 68 , 76 , 417
shared house
70
siblings
4 –6 , 14 , 16 , 37 , 46 , 60 , 88 , 90 , 96 , 98 , 103 , 117 , 119 –120 , 122 , 124 –127 , 129 –130 , 133 –143 , 138n42 , 160 , 170 , 205 , 207 –208 , 240 , 241n50 , 313n9 , 331 , 352 , 401 , 409 , 417
Signoria
229 , 233 , 275
silverware
202
sister
32 –34 , 36 –37 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 47 , 103 , 109 –110 , 129 –130 , 138 , 138n44 , 141 –142 , 144 , 171 , 178 , 184 , 199 –200 , 202 , 206 –208 , 219 , 241n50 , 245 , 247 , 263 , 266 –267 , 275 , 276n49 , 288 , 299n56 , 325 , 327 , 329 , 364 , 371 , 414 , 417
sister-in-law
232 , 290 –291 , 299
social alliance
266
social anthropology
2 , 14
social history
2 , 18 , 172 , 317 , 407 , 411
social interactions
8 , 173
social mobility
130 , 137 , 142 , 144 , 255
social network
256 , 258 –259 , 265
social organisation
13 , 30
social position (see also status, rank)
2 , 17 , 20 , 158 , 179 , 265 , 299 , 303 , 396 status, rank
)
social reproduction
30
son
6 , 13 , 17 –18 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 45 , 66 , 68 , 71 , 91 –92 , 96 –100 , 102 –103 , 107 , 117 –118 , 120 , 124 , 127n26 , 128 –132 , 138 , 141 , 144 , 156 , 158 , 160 , 163 , 177 –178 , 186 , 200 , 203 –204 , 206 –210 , 212 , 217 , 219 , 231n21 , 237 –238 , 238n38 , 239 –240 , 239n42 , 240n45 , 241n50 , 242 , 242n53 , 244 , 246 –248 , 257 , 264 , 269 , 272 –273 , 275 –277 , 276n49 , 282 , 285 , 287n14 , 289 , 292n30 , 293 , 295 , 301 –303 , 313n9 , 322 , 325 –327 , 329 –330 , 350 –352 , 354 –357 , 354n27 , 368 , 371 , 387 –388 , 391 –393 , 403 , 408 , 413 –414 , 416 , 418
son-in-law
66 , 68 , 70 , 92 , 136 , 183 , 248 , 258 , 277 , 329 , 331 , 369 –371 , 401 , 419
spouses
5 , 7 , 13 –15 , 15 , 20 , 40 , 52 , 60 –62 , 64 , 88 , 101 , 122 –125 , 131 –135 , 137 –138 , 138n24 , 140 –141 , 143 –144 , 165 , 170 , 183 , 186 , 194 –195 , 196n11 , 200 , 201n32 , 204 , 210 , 210n55 , 313 , 341 –342 , 346 –347 , 349 –351 , 356 , 358 –359 , 369 , 371 , 377 –378 , 378n8 , 379n9 , 381 –383 , 385 –387 , 390 –392 , 395 –396 , 409 , 413 , 417 –418
squanderers/squandering
297
statement, counter-statement
32 , 37 , 41 , 47 , 58 , 60 , 70 , 72 , 101 , 199 , 261 , 318 , 336 –337 , 337n79 , 339 , 389 , 411
status (see also rank, birth rank)
3 , 12 , 20 , 29 , 41 , 47 , 56 , 74 , 77 –78 , 85 , 96 , 110 , 125 , 131 , 134 , 136 , 138 –140 , 143 , 155 , 175 , 202 , 239 , 246 , 266 , 296 , 298 –299 , 299n56 , 317 , 410 , 417 , 419
family status
12 , 76 , 242 , 261
legal status
372
marital status
12 , 21 , 205 , 356
social status
69 , 126 , 137 , 162 , 178n38 , 204 , 296n48 , 351 –352 , 406
statutes
31 –32 , 34 , 36 –38 , 44 –47 , 77 , 161n26 , 175 , 227 , 230 –231 , 238n38 , 239 , 244 –245 , 248 –249 , 313 , 404
stem and name
200
stem family
123n13 , 124n14 , 142
stepchildren
4 , 62 , 71 , 90 , 213 , 347 –349 , 354 , 357 , 367 , 371 , 401 , 408
step-grandchildren
357 , 361 , 366
stepdaughter
68 , 187 , 350
stepfamily
12 , 417 –418
blended family
417
stepfather
4 , 58 , 63 , 74 , 359 , 393
stepmother
4 , 66 , 232 –233 , 234n31
stepmother-in-law
68
stepson
58 , 63 , 233 –234 , 234n31 , 359 –360 , 363 , 367
stipulation
10 –11 , 21 , 87 , 98 , 101 , 103 , 106 , 125 , 205 , 210n55 , 213 , 271 , 287 –288
stores of value
409
strategies
1 , 8 , 29 , 111 , 122 , 122n12 , 126 , 132 –133 , 136 –137 , 139 , 143 , 230 , 248 , 255 , 403
conflict prevention strategies
283
family strategies
120 , 126 –127 , 133 , 142 –143 , 254
inheritance strategies
2 , 121 –122 , 129n28 , 132 , 141 , 143 , 260 , 415
matrimonial strategies
266 , 414
property transmission strategies
125
social reproduction strategies
30
succession strategies
16 , 30 , 127n25 , 248
subjects
153 , 290 –291 , 294 –295 , 297
subordinates
54
impartible succession
200
intestate succession
30
paternal succession
230
undivided fraternal succession
200
succession practices
119 –121
successor
3 –4 , 6 , 32 , 93 , 104 , 209 –210 , 418
sustenance
36 , 41 , 102 , 205 , 405 , 409 , 418
tax register
316 , 411
temporary lodgings
193 , 204 , 213 , 216
testament (see also will)
119n6 , 127 , 134 , 140 , 163 , 174
testamentary freedom
13 , 187
testamentary legacies
233
testamentary restriction
413
testamentary succession
160 –161 , 244 , 249
testator
3 , 19 , 32 , 62 –63 , 76 , 163 , 242n53 , 276n49 , 313
tithe
288 , 293
tolerance
351 , 367
town
11 , 38 , 43 , 54 , 72 , 74 , 78 , 90n22 , 109 , 119 , 139 –140 , 142 , 165 –166 , 182 , 188 , 196 , 202 , 206 , 208 –209 , 216 –217 , 335 , 354n27 , 354 –355 , 355n29 , 357 , 358 –359 , 362 –363 , 365 , 368
market town
209 , 349 , 351 , 358 , 368
town council
351 , 353 –355 , 353n21 , 357 –359 , 362 –363 , 366 , 368 , 369n82 , 370
trade
20 , 75 , 180 , 182 , 217 , 340 , 345 –348 , 354–370 , 372 , 386 , 392 , 409 , 415
tradesfolk
402
trade licence
20 , 346 , 348 , 355n31 , 370 –371 , 392 , 406 , 409 , 417
transaction
6 , 10 , 89 , 96 –98 , 137 , 166 , 176 , 288 , 364 , 389 , 404 , 412 , 418
transmission
37 , 120 , 122 , 132 , 132n33 , 134 , 137
transmission of assets
7 , 29 , 35 , 121 , 132
transmission of land (
see
land transmission
)
transmission of property/wealth (
see
property/wealth transfer/transmission
)
treason
292
trousseau
178n38 , 201 , 203 , 210n57 , 248 , 404
tutelage
295
tutor
228 , 269
tutorship
225
usufruct (see also usufruct rights)
17 , 61 , 135 –136 , 141 , 171 , 185 , 187 , 194 , 196 , 198 , 204 , 206 , 210 , 212 –218 , 238 , 244 –245 , 248 , 417
lifelong usufruct
61 , 204 , 210n55 , 214 , 216 , 218
vassals
297
verdict
56 , 59 –60 , 76 –77 , 363
violence
350 –351 , 350n15
domestic violence
351
physical violence
351 , 360 , 363
sexual violence (stuprumviolenti)
363 –364
wage
55 , 101 , 210 , 315 , 324 , 329 , 332n68 , 354n25 , 361 , 391 , 393
ward
290 , 294 , 299 , 302
wealth (see also property, estate)
2 , 4 , 4 –8 , 5n12 , 8 , 10n29 , 17 , 18 –20 , 30 , 35 , 40 , 64 , 75 , 144 , 179 –180 , 219 , 239 , 241 , 241n50 , 273 –275 , 291 , 299 , 315 –319 , 323 , 332 , 336 , 339 , 341 –342 , 345 , 356 , 368 , 375 , 377 –378 , 381 –386 , 391 –392 , 396 , 401 –414 , 416 –421
access to wealth
402
accumulation of wealth
47 , 64
division of wealth
377 , 383 , 405
female/women’s wealth
237 , 237n36 , 407 , 419
household wealth
316 , 332
immovable wealth
409
inherited wealth
413
marital wealth
383 , 402
movable wealth
413
paternal wealth
242
wealth held in common/couple’s joint wealth
385 , 392 , 417
wedding
40 , 60 , 64 , 75 , 96 , 110 , 156 –159 , 159 , 157n15 , 162 , 185 , 188 , 247 , 264 , 266 , 268 , 347 , 351 –354
welfare
61 , 77 , 84 , 298
widow
4 –5 , 15 –18 , 20 , 52 , 61 –66 , 65n44 , 68 , 70 –71 , 76 –77 , 84 –84 , 90 , 90 –94 , 90n22 , 97 –98 , 101 –108 , 111 –112 , 136 , 142 , 163 –164 166 , 170 , 178n38 , 180 , 185 –186 , 188 , 193 , 194n3 , 195 –196 , 195n9 , 198 –206 , 201n31 , 201n32 , 210 –219 , 228n12 , 229 , 229n14 , 230n20 , 231 –238 , 248 , 261 , 265 –266 , 272 , 282 , 284 –285 , 289 , 291 , 293 , 294 –303 , 298n55 , 329n58 , 331 , 341 , 345n3 , 346 , 346n4 , 351 , 371 , 384 , 387 , 390 , 392 , 396 , 403 , 405 , 408 –409 , 417 , 418 –419
noble/aristocratic widow
84 , 170 , 284n5 , 408
widow’s endowment (
see
contract, endowment
)
widow’s entitlement
199 , 405
widow’s seat
284 , 300 –301
widow’s third
313n9
widowed spouses
13 , 15 , 194 –195 , 200 , 204
widower
4 , 52 , 61 , 63 , 65 , 71 , 187 , 196 , 202 –203 , 210 , 216 –217 , 219 , 237 –238 , 327 , 346 , 371 , 384 , 405 , 417
widowhood
15 , 17 –18 , 84 , 88 , 112 , 196 , 201 , 205 , 208 , 210 , 216 , 218 , 237n36 , 242 , 273 , 277 , 282 , 284 , 296 , 298–301 , 404 –405 , 408 , 416
wife
8 , 20 , 33 , 60 , 62 –65 , 69 –70 , 72 , 74n61 , 75 , 77 , 87 –89 , 91 , 97 , 99 –100 , 104 , 107 –109 , 112 , 131 , 156 –157 , 159 , 160n21 , 163 –164 , 166 , 176 , 179 –180 , 182 –183 , 186 , 195n10 , 201 , 201n32 , 204 , 209 –210 , 210n55 , 212 , 212n60 , 216 –217 , 229 , 231n29 , 238n39 , 240n47 , 246 , 255 , 261 , 269 , 269n31 , 273 –274 , 285 , 289 , 322 , 325 –329 , 331 , 347 , 349 –351 , 353 , 354n25 , 356 , 359 –361 , 363 , 365 , 367 , 370 –372 , 370n85 , 377 , 379 –395 , 379n9 , 401 , 404 , 409 , 417 –418
will (see also testament)
1 , 7 , 16 –17 , 19 , 35 , 45 , 58 , 60 –61 , 63 , 92 –94 , 108 –109 , 112 , 153 , 161 , 163 –164 , 186 –187 , 196 , 204 –206 , 208 , 212 –213 , 215 –217 , 217 , 225 , 229 –230 , 237 , 240n47 , 242 , 242n53 , 246–249 , 269n31 , 274 , 277 , 285 , 289 –292 , 295 –297 , 299 –300 , 302 , 311 –315 , 312n5 , 313n9 , 318 , 321 –331 , 341 , 348 –349 , 352 –357 , 359 , 378 , 387 –388 , 393 , 403 –406 , 408 , 413
last will
13 , 60 , 109 , 163 , 170 , 176 , 185 –187 , 242 , 244 , 246 , 248 , 302 , 357
mutual will
205 , 216 , 408
paternal will
17 , 244 , 249
withdrawing
65 , 76 , 92 , 108
witness
19 , 58 , 66 , 68 , 76 , 97 , 155 –157 , 162 , 311 , 317 , 336 –340 , 338n84 , 339 , 353 , 357 , 369 , 369n82 , 411
witness list
155
witness statements
336 , 411
Wittum
60
workmen
378
writings
18 , 46 , 258 , 259 , 261 –263 , 263n20 , 273 –274 , 277
autobiographical writings
263
everyday writing
257 , 259 , 267n27
family writings
263
female/women’s writings
256 , 257 –258 , 259 , 268n27
memoir writing
257n7 , 263 , 277
personal writings
262n16 , 264 , 267n27
writing of the self
263 , 263n20 , 268n27