From the history of a family in Bessarabia of the early 19th century: the husband's inability to perform the conjugal duty Cover Image

Din istoria familiei în Basarabia la începutul sec. al XIX-lea: incapacitatea soțului la viață conjugală
From the history of a family in Bessarabia of the early 19th century: the husband's inability to perform the conjugal duty

Author(s): Alina Felea
Subject(s): History
Published by: Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
Keywords: family; married life; impotence; divorce; canon law; Bessarabia; Russian Empire

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a sensitive issue related to the study of family history in Bessarabia: a divorce on the grounds of husband's impotence, which is not enough consecrated in historiography. In this study, based on concrete examples from the life of Bessarabians in the 1st half of the 19th century, there is presented the practice of divorce on the grounds of husband's sexual inability, as well as church regulations on this subject. As sources of the study there were used documents from the State Archive of the Republic of Moldova.

  • Issue Year: X/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 129-134
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian