2009
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Sandra Cavallo, « Le emancipazioni: una fonte per lo studio dei rapporti famigliari intra e inter-generazionali », Publications de l'École Française de Rome, ID : 10670/1.uw1vaz
''Emancipation'' is the legal procedure through which, in countries subjected to Roman law, a son was freed from the patria potestas of bis father. Deeds of emancipation represent a rich but overlooked source for the study of family relationships. A detailed analysis of more than one hundred such deeds, drawn in Turin between 1665 and the 1720s, provides precious evidence about the ambivalent meaning of patria potestas, and hence the father-son relationship, but also about relationships between siblings, highlighting, in addition, the reasons why specific groups (artisans, court employees, small traders) resorted most frequently to emancipation. The study reveals in particular the importance of horizontal and lateral forms of economie and professional transmission and the double loyalty towards family of origin and family of marriage which bounded the young man within these lower and middling groups.