Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa

Zusatztext Based on comprehensive analysis of archival data ... A rich and detailed picture of the genealogical connections and social characteristics of the ruling elite emerges from the analyses. Klappentext This book combines the insights of history and anthropology with innovative techniques such as computer simulation to investigate the relationships between politics, kinship, and marriage in the late-medieval city-state of Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik). At its heart is a reconsideration of office' and the ways in which ties of kinship and marriage were mobilized to build electoral success. Zusammenfassung This book combines the insights of history and anthropology with innovative techniques such as computer simulation to investigate the relationships between politics, kinship, and marriage in the late-medieval city-state of Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik). At its heart is a reconsideration of `office' and the ways in which ties of kinship and marriage were mobilized to build electoral success. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Ragusa: Trade and Territory Ragusan Government and the Quest for Offices The Casata Casata Unity: Size and Political Muscle Betrothal Order, Dowry, and the `Sisters First' Principle The Casata, Genealogical Skewing, and Political Support Changes in the Great Council and Political Competition Bureaucracy and Office Conclusion

Klappentext
This book combines the insights of history and anthropology with innovative techniques such as computer simulation to investigate the relationships between politics, kinship, and marriage in the late-medieval city-state of Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik). At its heart is a reconsideration of office' and the ways in which ties of kinship and marriage were mobilized to build electoral success.


Inhalt
Introduction
Ragusa: Trade and Territory
Ragusan Government and the Quest for Offices
The Casata
Casata Unity: Size and Political Muscle
Betrothal Order, Dowry, and the `Sisters First' Principle
The Casata, Genealogical Skewing, and Political Support
Changes in the Great Council and Political Competition
Bureaucracy and Office
Conclusion

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