Jianu , Angela (2009) Women, dowries, and patrimonial law in old regime Romania (c. 1750-1830). Journal of Family History, Vol.34 (No.2). pp. 189-205. doi:10.1177/0363199008330732

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Abstract

This study explores the legal aspects of dowry provision in the Romanian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in the period 1750-1830. Drawing on the period's law codes, dowry papers, testaments, and court records, it highlights the legal and emotional difficulties created by the affective/patrimonial nexus within couples, families, and stepfamilies in a society where divorce and up to three remarriages were allowed by both church and state. A growing body of research into the history of the Romanian family is suggesting that the prescriptions governing dowry provision in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the consequent exclusion of dowered girls from the family inheritance led to increased cohesion within the nuclear family and to the legal empowerment of women, while providing economic security to divorced women, widows, and children.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman D History General and Old World H Social Sciences
Divisions:	Other > Centre for Lifelong Learning
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Family History
Publisher:	Sage Publications, Inc.
ISSN:	0363-1990
Official Date:	April 2009
Dates:	Date Event April 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.34
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 189-205
DOI:	10.1177/0363199008330732
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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