La « mère cruelle ». Maternité, veuvage et dot dans la Florence des XIVe-XVe siècles

摘要

The ' 'Cruel Mother ' ': Motherhood, Widowhood and Dowry in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Florence In Florence, a woman's identity was defined according to the man who acted as her caretaker or trustee. Consequently, widows posed a considerable problem for Florentine society. In what lineage—their husband's or their maiden one—were they to be allowed to "reside", that is, physically and with their dowry? This article looks at how widows who remarried came to be accused of abandoning their children and were inevitably put in the position of betraying the interests of one of their two reference lineages.