"The People of Tuscany and Their Families in the Fifteenth Century: Medieyal or Mediterranean?"

The author reviews the findings presented by Herlihy and Klapisch-Zuber in their analysis of trends in the incidence of and age at marriage in fifteenth-century Tuscany. The validity of their findings is evaluated by a comparison of Tuscan marriage patterns with those of morthern and northwestern Europe from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century (ANNOTATION)