Divorţialitatea în prima jumătate a secolului al XX-lea. Studiu de caz: localitatea Almaş (judeţul Arad)
Divorce rates in the first half of the 20th century. Case study: Almaș (Arad County)

Summary/Abstract: The family life cycle subjected divorce rates to demographic analysis, as divorce was considered by both the church and the community to be a behavioral deviation from the moral norms concerning marital life. The examination of divorce among Orthodox Romanians in the locality of Almaș, Arad County, in the first half of the 20th century, based on civil status registers preserved at the church, made it possible to ascertain marital stability, identify case studies, and observe the dynamics of divorces. The few church divorce sentences found in these documents certify the procedure of ecclesiastical divorce, which was arduous and costly. The procedural similarities and the seemingly unchanged mentalities of rural Transylvanian communities contributed, to some extent, to maintaining the supremacy of the church as a symbol of Romanian identity.

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