Memory, family, and self [electronic resource] : Tuscan family books and other European egodocuments (14th-18th century) / by Giovanni Ciappelli ; translated by Susan Amanda George
- Author:
- Ciappelli, Giovanni
- Published:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
- Physical Description:
- xii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Series:
- Egodocuments and history series, 1873-653X ; volume 6
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Memory, Family, Identity in Early Modern Italy and Europe -- Family Books in Florence : Evolution and Involution of a Genre -- Books and Readings in Florence in the 15th Century : "Ricordanze" and the Reconstruction of Private Libraries -- Memory of Historical Events in Florentine "Ricordanze" (14th-15th Century) -- Domestic Devotion in Florentine "Ricordanze" (13th- 16th Century) -- The Family Books of the Castellani -- The Medici "Ricordi" -- Collective Memory and Cultural Memory : The Family between Antiquity and the Early Modern Period -- Family Memory in the Early Modern Age : The Case of Tuscany -- The Evolution of Family Memory Models : Tuscan Family Books (16th-18th Century) -- Family Memory in Florence in the Time of Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni -- Collective and Individual Identity in Florence (16th-18th Century) : The Family Book of Gianni -- Family Memory and Individual Memory : Florentine Private Diaries and Family Books of the Early Modern Period -- The Edition of Tuscan Sources for Family History in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period -- Is there a Main Road in the Study of Autobiography? -- Memory and Egodocuments in Early Modern Europe.
- Subject(s):
- Autobiography—Social aspects—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Autobiography—Italy—Tuscany—Psychological aspects—History
- Diaries—Social aspects—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Memory—Social aspects—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Collective memory—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Families—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Identity (Psychology)—Italy—Tuscany—History
- Tuscany (Italy)—Genealogy
- Tuscany (Italy)—Social life and customs
- Tuscany (Italy)—History—Sources
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9789004266315 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004270756 (e-book) - Note:
- "This book collects, for the first time in English translation, fifteen essays (plus an introduction) written on the same subject over twenty-four years (but mostly in the last twelve)"--Preface.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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