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.
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Titolo del capitolo
Il testamento di Ercole I d’Este
Autori
Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.12
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Anno di pubblicazione
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
«Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
Sottotitolo del libro
Studi per Gian Maria Varanini
Curatori
Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
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Numero di pagine
344
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-422-9
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978-88-5518-423-6
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978-88-5518-425-0
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079