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Families that invested large dowries wanted to maintain good relations with their daughters
籌辦大額嫁妝的家庭希望和女兒們保持良好關系
who could use their property for any purpose, and for any person they chose
她們使用這筆嫁妝可以基于任何目的，為任何值得的人
so much so that even though a daughter's dowry could reduce her brother's inheritance prospects
以至于雖然這筆嫁妝會削減她的兄弟能夠繼承到的東西
Some parents compounded the effect by making additional bequests to their married daughter
但一些父母卻變本加厲為已婚的女兒追加遺產
No doubt out of family affection
無疑除了感情的因素
but also in the hope that their generosity would be reciprocated
父母也希望自己的慷慨會有回報
when she decided the fate of her dowry in a will that
有一個女人在遺囑中這樣決定她嫁妝的去向
she wrote 7 years after paying out the 1,000 ducat dowry of his daughter Christina Giovanni Morazzini
7年前她已經把1000金幣作為女兒Christina Giovanni Morazzini的嫁妝
who had several living brothers and nephews
Christina的兄弟仍在世，也都育有后代
Bequeathed her an additional 10,000 ducats' worth of shares in the public debt
她又另外饋贈給了Christina價值一萬金幣的公債股份
out of this were to come dowries of 2,000 ducats for each of Christina's two daughters
相當于給了兩個外孫女各2000金幣的嫁妝
who of course belonged to the lineage of Christina's husband
而兩個孫女當然是女婿家的人
He also made Christina his residuary heir
Christina同樣也是丈夫的遺產繼承人
Yacabo Da Molin in his will made his married daughter Chiara his residuary heir
遺囑中Yacabo Da Molin決定讓已婚的女兒Chiara作為繼承人
and bequeathed her his residence
把他的宅邸傳給了她
Moreover after Chiara's death that Da Molin property
而且Chiara死后Da Molin的資產
that's family identified real estate was to be inherited by her sons
家族認定屬房產由Chiara的兒子繼承
who were members of the lineage of Chiara's husband
Chiara的兒子是她丈夫家族的人了
And only if she had no sons was it to go to Yacabo's brothers and their sons or other patrilineal kin
只有在她沒有子嗣的情況下才由Yacabo的兄弟子侄繼承或由其他父系親屬繼承
Both of these cases show a father's affection for his married daughter prevailing over a loyalty to his lineage
這兩個例子都說明了父親對已婚女兒的舐犢情深，超乎對自己家族的忠誠
Husbands also had a big stake in their wives' dowries
男人在妻子嫁妝上也有重大的相關利益
For one they were obliged to place a lien on enough of their property
一方面他們必須抵押足夠的財產
to ensure the dowries return to their widows
才能確保妻子的嫁妝在自己死后重回他們之手
Or their wives' chosen heirs at the end of the marriage
或傳給妻子喪偶時選定的繼承人
Sometimes the pledged property took the form of immovables that were part of the dowry
有時被抵押的財產就是嫁妝中的不動產
The husband got the rental income during the marriage
婚姻期間丈夫取得房產租金
But the title to the property remained with the wife
但資產仍由妻子所有
But often a cash heavy dowry required the husband or one of his kinsmen to guarantee it with his own property
若嫁妝通常包含大量現金則通常由丈夫或他的一個男性親屬用個人的財產做擔保
Most often real estate or interest yielding investments in the state's grain office
最通常的是地產或政府糧食局的投資利息收益
The double effect of the dowry on a husband's economic substance
嫁妝的雙重作用影響丈夫的經濟狀況
That is its importance in the conjugal household's economic resources
它是夫婦組建的小家庭重要的經濟來源
And the commitment of the husband's property towards its restitution
同時丈夫需承諾用個人財產確保其完整
meant that the economic character of the new marriage didn't correspond to the male lineage model
意味著這樁婚姻的經濟狀況不與男方的家族模式相對應
It wasn't patrilineal or patrimonial but marital
不是父系或世襲的，而是夫妻雙方的
A complicated mingling of the assets of husband and wife
這是夫妻財產的混雜
In fact the dowry went against the grain of lineage in two symmetrical ways
事實上嫁妝以兩種對應的方式脫離了家族財產
It depleted the resources of the wife's lineage especially her brothers'
它耗盡女方家族的資源，尤其是女方兄弟的
And it put the economy of a new marital household on a bilinear foundation
它又將新家庭的財政置于一個雙系別的基礎上
