Humiliated in court. Divorces and matrimonial conflicts in the Czech lands (1783-1918).
Provider: Grantová agentura ČR
Programme: Standardní projekty
Implementation period: 01.04.22 - 31.03.25
Workplace:
Fakulta filozofická - Ústav historických věd
Investigator: Pavelková Čevelová ZuzanaTeam member: Vídeňská Denisa
Description:
The project is focused on the research of divorces and marital disputes in the ?long? 19th century in the Czech lands. It is based on the thesis that divorce is considered a phenomenon of the 20th century in Bohemia and in past centuries it was rather marginal in society, which is misleading. Recent foreign research, however, shows that the number of conflict situations and divorces has risen in the 18th and 19th centuries. The emergence of the General Civil Code and the related transformation of the judicial system, advancing industrialization and secularization are phenomena that have led to the transformation of the traditional family and marital conflicts are much more often faced with the court than before. In particular, the Marriages et court research conducted at the Institut für Geschichte of the University of Vienna points to a number of proceedings in front of both civil and ecclesiastical courts in Lower Austria. This phenomenon does not necessarily remain unique. The aim of the project is to prove that a similar trend followed in the Czech lands and that the Czech lands.
The project is focused on the research of divorces and marital disputes in the ?long? 19th century in the Czech lands. It is based on the thesis that divorce is considered a phenomenon of the 20th century in Bohemia and in past centuries it was rather marginal in society, which is misleading. Recent foreign research, however, shows that the number of conflict situations and divorces has risen in the 18th and 19th centuries. The emergence of the General Civil Code and the related transformation of the judicial system, advancing industrialization and secularization are phenomena that have led to the transformation of the traditional family and marital conflicts are much more often faced with the court than before. In particular, the Marriages et court research conducted at the Institut für Geschichte of the University of Vienna points to a number of proceedings in front of both civil and ecclesiastical courts in Lower Austria. This phenomenon does not necessarily remain unique. The aim of the project is to prove that a similar trend followed in the Czech lands and that the Czech lands.
