Setting the Dowry in the Land of Năsăud in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Setting the Dowry in the Land of Năsăud in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the present study, through analysing unpublished and published materials from three former frontier localities: Năsăud, Tiha- Bârgăului and Zagra, we illustrate the most important aspects regarding the young couple’s dowry in “Năsăud country” in the second half of the 19th Century. Because in the three localities, the matrimonial legislation from Transylvania and the inheritance during the functioning of the 2nd Boundary Regiment (1762-1851) was applied differently, the setting of the dowry and the writing of it in an official document varied from one community to another. Although, the fact that the bridegroom’s and the bride’s dowries in the three localities are almost identical, helps us to illustrate the ways of trying to have a new family in Năsăud in the second half of the 19th Century, in a collectivity which earned its living mainly through the land cultivation and the animal breeding.

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