Tuscan Cities Marriage
Tree of Life: Descent and Succession
Tree of Consanguinity: Forbidden Relatives
Alliance between Lineages: Prestige and Status so Strategies
Age at Marriage
Romantic and Carnal
Promising to Marry and Two Witnesses
Pledging and Sponsalia were More Public
Arnolfini Marriage (Jan Van Eyck)
Marriage Ritual and the Band (Giotto)
Wedding Procession of the Blessed Virgin (Giotto)
Wedding of the Blessed Virgin (Giotto)
Processions and Crowns
Before a Church or Their Home
An Actual Ceremony: The Malavolti of Siena (15th c.) Sano di Pietro
Ritual and Public Knowledge
Marriage of the Virgin
Ghirlandaio: The Marriage of the Virgin
Rings and Gestures: Consent Necessary
The Symbolic Ring
Adamari Cassone or Wedding Chest
Domestic Life and Privacy
Separation: Travel, Business, Crusade, Pilgrimage
Privacy Problem
Married and Private Life
Giving Birth
Florentine Catasto of 1427: The Composition of the Household
Familial Violence
Punishment for Adultery
Divorce and Separation
Widowhood and Children
Mothers and Children
Widow Remarries