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E. Igor Mineo, « Famiglie e istituzioni in alcune comunità dell'Italia centrale nel basso Medioevo », Publications de l'École Française de Rome (documents), ID : 10670/1.207207...
Some regions of central Italy, such as the Marche, are characterized by the presence of urban settlements of small size, whose institutional power over surrounding area appears weaker than that of the most important city-states of Tuscany and Umbria. In these regions the institutional constraints on family structures (and overall the building of the opposition ''town-country'') seem to bave specific features. In particular, this study seeks to analyze the problem of the consequences of the direct taxation on the family forms in the small communities. Land transactions are strongly oriented by the necessity of keeping the cohesion of the community as a fiscal subject. Given this premise, it is well understandable that in many statutes one can find a coherent hostility towards the transfers of land to foreigners, and, in some texts, a deliberate intention of limiting or preventing the women's (and the women's family) autonomy in marriage and dowry matter. Trying to prevent the marriage with a foreigner -with a foreigner that does not assume citizenship and fiscal role in the bride's community -represents a defending strategy that these communities can adopt : a possible effect is the emphasis of the agnatic character of dowry and marriage rules.