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Title:

Founding a Family in Czech Society in the First Half of the 19th Century

Subject and Keywords:

history of upbringing   family   children   marriage   wedding   parents

Abstract:

In the period in question, the family in the Czech Lands was usually comprised of between five and seven members – father, mother and children. Founding a family was subject to the agreement of the lord of the manor (in the countryside) or the municipal authority (in the town). „Confirmation of probity” was requested from the seigniorial authorities in Catholic parishes even after the abolition of serfdom in the Habsburg monarchy (1781), while the approval of the couple’s legal representatives (parents) was also required in the case of the marriage of people younger than twenty-four (the age of maturity). Partners were chosen by parents according to their property and social standing. People to be married were generally not only from the same social class, but also from the same place or nearby in the surrounding area. No lower age limit for marriage was stipulated by the law, though grooms younger than twenty were the exception, while around a fifth of brides were younger than twenty.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Zakład Historii Edukacji Instytutu Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Date issued:

2016

Detailed Type:

journal

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

ISSN 2082-9019   e-ISSN 2300-5866

DOI:

doi:10.23734/wwr20162.307.316

Source:

Pdg P 343

Language:

pol

Relation:

Wychowanie w Rodzinie, T. 14 (2/2016), s. 307-316

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Rights holder:

Copyright by František Čapka   Copyright by Jaroslav Vaculík

Location of original object:

Biblioteka Instytutu Pedagogiki UWr

Autor opisu:

h.w.