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2020
- handle: 10670/1.n53vzf
- hal: hal-03504824
- doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3891024
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Denise Bezzina, « Gestione di beni e patrimonio: spazi di iniziativa delle donne a Genova nei secoli XII e XIII », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10.5281/zenodo.3891024
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During the period considered here limitations existed to the direct management of female property: first and foremost, women were obliged to draw up notarial deeds in presence of two legal guardians (consiliatores). This obligation, however, does not necessarily imply a lack of autonomy, either because this prescription was not always respected, or because very often the presence of legal guardians was a mere formality. It follows that in the absence of pressure by family members, women could choose how to invest any disposable income they had. The essay illustrates the different ways through which women could manage their property: by investing in real estate (often the result of family strategies), in long-distance trade or artisan activities, or even by entering the urban credit market. The many cases examined here show women from the upper echelons, but also those from a very humble social background, highlighting the varied strategies they could adopt in order to increase their (at times even paltry) estates.