Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa

by David Rheubottom

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198234128
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/10/2000
Series:	Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

University of Manchester

Table of Contents

IntroductionRagusa: Trade and TerritoryRagusan Government and the Quest for OfficesThe CasataCasata Unity: Size and Political MuscleBetrothal Order, Dowry, and the ‘Sisters First' PrincipleThe Casata, Genealogical Skewing, and Political SupportChanges in the Great Council and Political CompetitionBureaucracy and OfficeConclusion