IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1620: Women, Agency, and Material Culture in the Mediterranean, II: Evidence from Notarial Records in Venice, Cyprus, and Genoese Chios
Thursday 4 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | Aysu Dinçer, Department of History, University of Warwick Anna Rich-Abad, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Oded Zinger, Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Paper 1620-a | The Transmission of Earthly Goods between Men and Women through their Wills in Renaissance Venice, 13th-15th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Economics - General, Gender Studies, Social History |
| Paper 1620-b | Olim serva nunc liberta: Slave Manumission in 15th-Century Genoese Chios (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Gender Studies, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1620-c | The End of Luxury?: Gender, Wealth, and the Circulation of Precious Items in 15th-Century Cyprus (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Gender Studies, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | These papers consider notarial evidence of women's agency in Venice, Genoese Chios and Cyprus. The first paper examines wills and looks at property transfer practices through a gender-based focus in Venice. The second paper looks at the transition of female slaves Genoese Chios from objects to free women. The third paper examines the trade, use and transfer of high value items such as gems, jewellery, and other ornaments in 15th-century Cyprus, with a specific focus on gender |