Administrating Kinship: Marriage Impediments and Dispensation Policies in the 18th and 19th Centuries /
Lanzinger, Margareth,
Administrating Kinship: Marriage Impediments and Dispensation Policies in the 18th and 19th Centuries / Margareth Lanzinger. - 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations. - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023 Legal History Library ; 63 . - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023. Legal History Library ; 63. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the late eighteenth century, more and more men and women wished to marry their cousins or in-laws. This aim was primarily linked to changes in marriage concepts, which were increasingly based on familiarity. Wealthy as well as economically precarious households counted on related marriage partners. Such unions, however, faced centuries-old marriage impediments. Bridal couples had to apply for a papal dispensation. This meant a hurdled, lengthy and also expensive procedure. This book shows that applicants in four dioceses - Brixen, Chur, Salzburg and Trent - took very different paths through the thicket of bureaucracy to achieve their goal. How did they argue their marriage projects? How did they succeed and why did so many fail? Tenacity often proved decisive in the end. .
English
9789004431072 9789004539877
10.1163/9789004539877 DOI
2023003159
Consanguinity (Canon law)--History--19th century.
Consanguinity (Law)--History--Austria--19th century.
Cross-cousin marriage--History--Austria--19th century.
KTL770
346.436
Administrating Kinship: Marriage Impediments and Dispensation Policies in the 18th and 19th Centuries / Margareth Lanzinger. - 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations. - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023 Legal History Library ; 63 . - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023. Legal History Library ; 63. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the late eighteenth century, more and more men and women wished to marry their cousins or in-laws. This aim was primarily linked to changes in marriage concepts, which were increasingly based on familiarity. Wealthy as well as economically precarious households counted on related marriage partners. Such unions, however, faced centuries-old marriage impediments. Bridal couples had to apply for a papal dispensation. This meant a hurdled, lengthy and also expensive procedure. This book shows that applicants in four dioceses - Brixen, Chur, Salzburg and Trent - took very different paths through the thicket of bureaucracy to achieve their goal. How did they argue their marriage projects? How did they succeed and why did so many fail? Tenacity often proved decisive in the end. .
English
9789004431072 9789004539877
10.1163/9789004539877 DOI
2023003159
Consanguinity (Canon law)--History--19th century.
Consanguinity (Law)--History--Austria--19th century.
Cross-cousin marriage--History--Austria--19th century.
KTL770
346.436