This study suggests that the existence and extension of credit networks in early modern Pome must be viewed in the context of currency scarcity as well as with regard to commercial development in the early sixteenth century and the policies pursued by successive Popes. The development of credit networks, coupled with the desire to lower the costs of transactions, acted to constrain formal expression in legal documents. In these circumstances, litigation emerged as a way of establishing the terms of the transaction. Appeal to the courts filled lacunae which had been created by deliberate vagueness in the terms of the transaction. The courts established rights which had intentionally remained unexpressed or left vague to allow the parties time and grounds to secure a more advantageous settlement
Cet article étudie le rôle et la valeur des carrières ecclésiastiques par rapport à l'existence des cadets de famille noble, en Italie au 17e siècle. Le changement de la pratique successorale et de l'accès au mariage, qui concernaient la noblesse Italienne de l'époque, augmente l'importance du rang à la naissance. Les historiens ont généralement considéré l'aîné comme un privilégié en comparaison avec le cadet et la carrière ecclésiastique de ce dernier comme de second choix pour un jeune homme condamné au célibat. Cette interprétation est contestée et au contraire, l'auteur suggère que la carrière ecclésiastique peut être très lucrative, tant pour les jeunes aristocrates que pour les jeunes gens de la bourgeoisie.
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