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Culture généalogique dans l'Italie du XVI siècle
No full textGenealogical culture in sixteenth century Italy.
The family histories and genealogies which flourished in 16th century Italy allowing practice already common in the Middle Ages and which would attribute remote and illustrious origins to the nobility of the time were not only the work of worthless counterfeiters but also of respectable authors Flattery and self-interest were not the only motives underlying historical writings, which would seem to have been inspired less by specific practical purposes than by idea the continuity of power and of the existence of special relation between the nobility and history, an idea typical of traditional, aristocratic societiesBizzocchi Roberto. Culture généalogique dans l'Italie du XVIe siècle. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 46ᵉ année, N. 4, 1991. pp. 789-805
Les sigisbées.comment l'Italie inventa le mariage à trois, XVIIIe siècle
No full textA l'époque de Casanova, de Tiepolo, de Goldoni, la noblesse italienne invente un modèle étonnant de mariage à trois: le mari, la femme et le chevalier servant de celle-ci, le sigisbée. Ce livre traite toutes les composantes, sociales, culturelles et morales, de ce modèle de vie matrimoniale
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