Ruptures de parenté et changements d'identité chez les magnats florentins du XIVe siècle

Ruptures of Kinship and ldentity Changes Among Florentine Magnates of the 14th Century. In the second half of the 14th century, the "magnates" or Florentine nobles enjoying a particular political and juridical status were invited by urban authorities to become full-fledged members of the community of citizens, at the cost of a break with their family lineage. We study here the mechanisms, forms and impostures of this break. The hereditary patronyms invented upon this occasion disclose assimilation strategies, while at the same time revealing, through their reservations and weaknesses, their inability to adequately replace abandoned kinship networks.Klapisch-Zuber Christiane. Ruptures de parenté et changements d'identité chez les magnats florentins du XIVe siècle. In: Annales. Economies, sociétés, civilisations. 43ᵉ année, N. 5, 1988. pp. 1205-1240