This book combines the interdisciplinary insights of history, anthropology, and computing to examine the interrelationships between politics, kinship, and marriage in a late-medieval city-state. At the heart of the study is a reconsideration of `office' and the ways in which ties of kinshipand marriage were mobilized to build electoral success. In fifteenth-century Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik) membership of the Great Council, which nominated and elected office-holders, was restricted to the legitimate male offspring of patrician brides and grooms. The patrician class was highlyendogamous, and the relationship between endogamy and electoral support is an important theme running through this book. A related theme concerns the age differences between spouses, which are shown to have important structural implications for the organization of the casata, kinship relations, andmarriage ties. These implications are investigated using a variety of innovative methods, including cohort analysis and computer simulation.
Daniele Clario asks Aldus to be kept in the know of Aldus’ editorial endeavors and specifically requests two books for the teaching of Greek. Moreover, he complains that Aldus writes too seldom to him. Clarius Parmensis Aldo suo S. {1} Sperabam literas meas et aureos quatuor iam te accepisse, quos Andronico Spandolino, prestantissimo iuveni…
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