Some aspects regarding matrimonial relations in the city of Arad in the XVIIIth century

Ghita, Eugen (2009): Some aspects regarding matrimonial relations in the city of Arad in the XVIIIth century. Published in: Suplement of the Romanian Journal of Population Studies (2009): pp. 777-791.

Abstract

This study proposed, first, to carry out, based on archive documents, an incursion as regards matrimonial relationships of XVIIIth century with all legal, economic and social connotations involved. The marriage contracts studied fall into a typology more closely of what was happening in the same period in Western Europe than in South Eastern Europe. This is because such acts have emerged within the former county of Arad in the first half of the century after the establishment of Habsburg domination and after the German colonists were brought into the area. Besides the juridical problems regarding the contractual liabilities of the spouses, the status of the children, some problems related to wealth and dowry, I tried to mark out some aspects regarding the everyday life of Arad’s inhabitants in the XVIIIth century.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Marriage contracts, Arad county, matrimonial relationships, dissolution of marriage, dowry, children status, household, everyday life, Habsburg Empire
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility ; Family Planning ; Child Care ; Children ; Youth; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J12 - Marriage ; Marital Dissolution ; Family Structure ; Domestic Abuse; K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K36 - Family and Personal Law; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics

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