Thomas Kuehn
Professor Emeritus and historian of law and family in Renaissance Italy, author of Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge UP, 2022) with a long career studying legal archives and family patrimony.
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Feb 7, 2026 • 47min
Thomas Kuehn, "Patrimony and Law in Renaissance Italy" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Thomas Kuehn, Professor Emeritus and historian of law and family in Renaissance Italy, discusses how family property formed the core of social life. He traces legal theories of shared rights, archival methods in Florence and Milan, frequent inheritance conflicts, and the legal devices used to preserve or divide patrimony. The conversation also covers municipal oversight, inventories, and managing problematic heirs.
