Population and Family in Central and Northern Italy at the Dawn of the Modern Age

A Comparison of Fiscal Data from Three Different Areas

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6079945
AutoresGianpiero Dalla-Zuanna (University of Padua), Gianpiero Dalla‐zuanna (University of Padua), Martina Di Tullio (0000-0002-1559-9146, University of Varese (Italy)), Matteo Di Tullio, Franca Leverotti (University of Milan), Fiorenzo Rossi (University of Padua)
Año2012
Volumen37
Número3
Páginas284-302
Fecha de publicación2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199012439007
OpenAlexW2076714737
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

Despite the laborious process of gathering the data and some limitations due to selective incompleteness, catasti and estimi (fiscal cadastres) provide precious information on demographic differences within Italy during the Late Middle Ages and early Modern Age. The authors compare three areas: the countryside surrounding Lucca in 1411 (Tuscany, 5,792 individuals) and Varese in 1530 (Lombardy, 2,703), and the “quasi-city” of Legnago in 1430 (Veneto, 2,101), reconsidering also the Florentine catasto of 1427. Family-type distribution, age at marriage, and residence after marriage are noticeably different, showing that the territorial diversity in family of nineteenth-century Italy was already present four centuries earlier

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