2011
DOI: 10.3917/adh.121.0069
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Marriage Contracts in Various Contexts: Marital Property Rights, Sociocultural Aspects and Gender-specific Implications. Late-Eighteenth-Century Evidence from two Tirolean Court Districts

Abstract: Résumé D’un point de vue historique le mariage représente une structure fondamentale de l’ordre social et légal. Mais le mariage revêt aussi une grande importance économique. En effet une part significative des fortunes est gérée, démultipliée et transmise dans le cadre de processus liés aux mariages. Les contrats de mariages en tant que sources offrent donc un excellent matériau pour étudier tous ces aspects. Ils nous permettent de comprendre les contextes sociaux, économiques, juridiques, les spécificités de… Show more

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“…Likewise, the relevance of marriage contracts and dowries in the economy of pre-industrial rural societies has also been observed in other regions where the impartible inheritance system prevailed, such as the Tyrol, the Languedoc or the Central Pyrenees (Lanzinger, 2011;Pélaquier, 2011;Bonnain-Dulon, 2011), highlighting the arduousness of the negotiations to settle the ideal dowry for each marriage (Béaur, 2011) 6 .…”
Section: Why Dowries?mentioning
confidence: 82%
“…Likewise, the relevance of marriage contracts and dowries in the economy of pre-industrial rural societies has also been observed in other regions where the impartible inheritance system prevailed, such as the Tyrol, the Languedoc or the Central Pyrenees (Lanzinger, 2011;Pélaquier, 2011;Bonnain-Dulon, 2011), highlighting the arduousness of the negotiations to settle the ideal dowry for each marriage (Béaur, 2011) 6 .…”
Section: Why Dowries?mentioning
confidence: 82%
“…Bride and groom retained the rights to their property and in case of death or separation the two portions reverted again (Lanzinger et al, 2015). The respective kin group or children retained a claim on their wealth, not the surviving spouse (Lanzinger, 2010(Lanzinger, , 2011(Lanzinger, , 2012Lanzinger & Maegraith, 2016). The wife's marriage portion was secured on the husband's property, as exemplified in Christina Clerantin and Domenig Weger's case, and it was paid back to her or her kin in case of her death.…”
Section: Early Modern Tyrolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, adherence to the rule of primogeniture became stricter, making it more difficult for couples to marry if they did not own a house or have a regular income. 49 The system of impartible inheritance in these regions was connected to two household models: the traditional stem family, where the oldest male has power over other household members, and the so-called Ausgedinge household, where the inheriting son becomes the head of the household. In this latter system, documented in northern Austria, elderly parents would sell the farm to the heir and go into retirement.…”
Section: Nuptialitymentioning
confidence: 99%