- «Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
- Edited by Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
Il testamento di Ercole I d’Este
- Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.12
On the 1st of July 1504, Ercole d’Este, duke of Ferrara (1471-1505), dictated his last will. His testament (that will be published here for the first time) has two main features of interest. Apart from designating Ercole’s first son, Alfonso, as his heir, Ercole establishes here the principle of male and legitimate birth right as the only rule for future successions within the Este dynasty. He also leaves to the three unmarried sons – and only to them – an amount of resources big enough to guarantee them a decent way of life. Such resources were provvigioni (in the form of sums of money, fiscal revenues and rural properties) rich enough to let them live such as princes.
- Keywords:
- Middle Ages; early modern age; 15th-16th centuries; Ercole I d’Este; will; succession’s rules; second born heritage; resources allocation; rural structures; gastalderie.,
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Il testamento di Ercole I d’Este
Authors
Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.12
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Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Book Title
«Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
Book Subtitle
Studi per Gian Maria Varanini
Editors
Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
344
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6
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978-88-5518-422-9
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978-88-5518-423-6
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978-88-5518-425-0
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Reti Medievali E-Book
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2704-6362
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2704-6079