MATRIMONIAL STRATEGIES IN TRANSYLVANIA. MIHÁLY TELEKI’S FIRST MARRIAGE. “REMEMBER: EMBITTERED HEARTS ARE HEALED WITH WINE”
MATRIMONIAL STRATEGIES IN TRANSYLVANIA. MIHÁLY TELEKI’S FIRST MARRIAGE. “REMEMBER: EMBITTERED HEARTS ARE HEALED WITH WINE”

Summary/Abstract: The wedding and the marriage was a very important stage of early modern society life, it was not only a social event, but the boundary between childhood and adulthood. For a noble like Mihály Teleki, successful marriage helped to develop in administration and to improve economic resources. To Mihály Teleki marriage is an opportunity of upward social mobility. In this paper we discuss about these matrimonial strategies and we identify their meanings.

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