Open elite? Social mobility, marriage, and family in Florence, 1282-1494

Renaissance Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-411

  Padgett, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; HISTORY; INCOME; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; INCOME; ITALY; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954022594     PISSN: 00344338     EISSN: 19350236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655230     Document Type: Review

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