The Father and His Daughter. marriage Strategies and Issues in Romanian Society (18th Century)
The Father and His Daughter. Marriage Strategies and Issues in Romanian Society (18th Century)

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses matrimonial strategies and practices in the noble and rural classes in Romanian society of the eighteenth Century, with special emphasis on two aspects: the father-daughter relationship and the relation between dowry and patrimony. Under the law and accordind to the moral tradition, the head of teh family had a duty to marry off and provide endowment for all his children, and thus he needed to recourse to various strategies and solutions inherent to the hereditary and marriage practices. Conflicts naturally arose between relatives, and my main argument is that besides the finacial reasons there was a strong emotional side involved, generated principally when fathers sought to continue to protect their daughters even after marriage.

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