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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815168903321

Autore

Ciappelli Giovanni

Titolo

Memory, family, and self : Tuscan family books and other European egodocuments (14th-18th century) / / by Giovanni Ciappelli ; translated by Susan Amanda George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27075-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Egodocuments and History Series, , 1873-653x ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

929.20945

Soggetti

Autobiography - Social aspects - Italy - Tuscany - History

Autobiography - Italy - Tuscany - Psychological aspects - History

Diaries - Social aspects - Italy - Tuscany - History

Memory - Social aspects - Italy - Tuscany - History

Collective memory - Italy - Tuscany - History

Families - Italy - Tuscany - History

Identity (Psychology) - Italy - Tuscany - History

Tuscany (Italy) Genealogy

Tuscany (Italy) Social life and customs

Tuscany (Italy) History Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Memory, Family, Identity in Early Modern Italy and Europe -- Family Books in Florence: Evolution and Involution of a Genre -- Books and Readings in Florence in the 15th Century: “Ricordanze” and the Reconstruction of Private Libraries -- Memory of Historical Events in Florentine “Ricordanze” (14th–15th Century) -- Domestic Devotion in Florentine “Ricordanze” (13th–16th Century) -- The Family Books of the Castellani -- The Medici “Ricordi” -- Collective Memory and Cultural Memory: The Family between Antiquity and the Early Modern Period -- Family Memory in the Early Modern Age: The Case of Tuscany -- The Evolution of Family Memory Models: Tuscan Family Books (16th–18th Century) -- Family Memory in



Florence in the Time of Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni -- Collective and Individual Identity in Florence (16th–18th Century): The Family Book of Gianni -- Family Memory and Individual Memory: Florentine Private Diaries and Family Books of the Early Modern Period -- The Edition of Tuscan Sources for Family History in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period -- Is there a Main Road in the Study of Autobiography? -- Memory and Egodocuments in Early Modern Europe -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names and Places.

Sommario/riassunto

The family book, a kind of diary written by and about the family for its various members, was established by scholars as a genre in Italy in the 1980's. Although initially regarded as an Italian genre, the family book can also be found in other parts of Europe. Nevertheless, the genre can be traced back to Florence, where it first emerged and consequently flourished with the lavish production of such documents. This abundance springs from the social structure of the city, where such texts were essential for establishing and cultivating the basis for the social promotion of Florentine families. This book presents a reconstruction of the evolution and persistency of Tuscan family books, as well as a study of several aspects of social history, including: reading and private libraries, domestic devotion, and the memory of historical events. Starting with the Renaissance, the investigation then broadens to the 17th-18th centuries and considers other forms of memory, such as private diaries and autobiographies. A final section is dedicated to the issue of memory in the egodocuments of early modern Europe. This book was translated by Susan Amanda George.