Megan Moran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4101618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Moran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Moran |
| SIGNATURE | MORAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montclair State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7554-1010 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence
This article examines the relationship between patrician stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence. With the high rate of remarriage, stepfamilies were not uncommon though the intimate workings of these complex family relationships are often difficult to reconstruct. The account book and correspondence of Maddalena Ricasoli reveal that enduring bonds between stepmothers and stepdaughters could develop and last beyond the death of the…
Motherhood and the Politics of Family Decisions in Early Modern Italy
This article explores the negotiations that occurred in patrician households over the fate of children in early modern Italian society. The decision between marriage and convent life for daughters could greatly impact the financial situation, political standing, and social status of these patrician families. The correspondence of the Venetian Grimani and Florentine Ricasoli and Rucellai families suggests that women used the rhetoric and status of…
Brother-Sister Correspondence in the Spinelli Family and the Forming of Family Networks in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Traditional conceptions of family life in Renaissance Italy have emphasized the importance of male kinship connections and associations. Yet the correspondence found between sisters and brothers in the Spinelli family, a prominent merchant family in sixteenth-century Florence, reveals instead how both women and men viewed family identity as moving beyond lineage considerations. This article examines two case studies of brother-sister interactions…
Cultures of Charity
Stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence
This article examines the relationship between patrician stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence. With the high rate of remarriage, stepfamilies were not uncommon though the intimate workings of these complex family relationships are often difficult to reconstruct. The account book and correspondence of Maddalena Ricasoli reveal that enduring bonds between stepmothers and stepdaughters could develop and last beyond the death of the…
Brother-Sister Correspondence in the Spinelli Family and the Forming of Family Networks in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Traditional conceptions of family life in Renaissance Italy have emphasized the importance of male kinship connections and associations. Yet the correspondence found between sisters and brothers in the Spinelli family, a prominent merchant family in sixteenth-century Florence, reveals instead how both women and men viewed family identity as moving beyond lineage considerations. This article examines two case studies of brother-sister interactions…
Cultures of Charity
Motherhood and the Politics of Family Decisions in Early Modern Italy
This article explores the negotiations that occurred in patrician households over the fate of children in early modern Italian society. The decision between marriage and convent life for daughters could greatly impact the financial situation, political standing, and social status of these patrician families. The correspondence of the Venetian Grimani and Florentine Ricasoli and Rucellai families suggests that women used the rhetoric and status of…
Stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence
This article examines the relationship between patrician stepmothers and stepdaughters in early modern Florence. With the high rate of remarriage, stepfamilies were not uncommon though the intimate workings of these complex family relationships are often difficult to reconstruct. The account book and correspondence of Maddalena Ricasoli reveal that enduring bonds between stepmothers and stepdaughters could develop and last beyond the death of the…
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Early Modern Women Writers (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)