The marriage settlements as a demographic and socioeconomic source in the middle Ages

Authors

  • Carles Díaz Martí

Keywords:

Medieval demography, marriage settlements, wedding, marriage, migration, dowry

Abstract

This paper focuses on the marriage settlements, a historical source slightly used in medieval period, and it proposes a methodology used to obtain social and economic data from the spouses and their future statistical analysis. This methodology is applied to approximately 450 marriage settlements located in the documentation of the notary Bernat Montserrat (1431-1465). This analysis provides data about migration, age of first marriage, seasonality of wedding celebrations, social stratification and illegitimacy.

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Published

2023-10-19

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