Memory, family, and self Tuscan family books and other European egodocuments (14th-18th century) / by Giovanni Ciappelli ; translated by Susan Amanda George.
| Author/creator | Ciappelli, Giovanni |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014] |
| Description | xii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Egodocuments and history series, 1873-653X ; volume 6 |
| Contents | Introduction: Memory, Family, Identity in Early Modern Italy and Europe -- Family Books in Florence : Evolution and Involution of a Genre -- Books and Readings in Florence in the 15th Century : "Ricordanze" and the Reconstruction of Private Libraries -- Memory of Historical Events in Florentine "Ricordanze" (14th-15th Century) -- Domestic Devotion in Florentine "Ricordanze" (13th- 16th Century) -- The Family Books of the Castellani -- The Medici "Ricordi" -- Collective Memory and Cultural Memory : The Family between Antiquity and the Early Modern Period -- Family Memory in the Early Modern Age : The Case of Tuscany -- The Evolution of Family Memory Models : Tuscan Family Books (16th-18th Century) -- Family Memory in Florence in the Time of Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni -- Collective and Individual Identity in Florence (16th-18th Century) : The Family Book of Gianni -- Family Memory and Individual Memory : Florentine Private Diaries and Family Books of the Early Modern Period -- The Edition of Tuscan Sources for Family History in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period -- Is there a Main Road in the Study of Autobiography? -- Memory and Egodocuments in Early Modern Europe. |
| General note | "This book collects, for the first time in English translation, fifteen essays (plus an introduction) written on the same subject over twenty-four years (but mostly in the last twelve)"--Preface. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014005999 |
| ISBN | 9789004266315 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |