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- Title
Witwenrechte im Litauen des 16. Jahrhunderts. Rezensionsessay aus Tiroler Vergleichsperspektive.
- Authors
Lanzinger, Margareth; Maegraith, Janine
- Abstract
The article examines historiography on the legal status of 16th-century Lithuanian widows including the book "Provisions for Widowhood in the Legal Sources of Sixteenth Century Lithuania" by Jurgita Kunsmanaité. Lithuanian marriage law and patterns are scrutinized along with legal aspects of dowry gifts and the contractual aspects of marriage.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; LEGAL status of widows; LEGAL history; HISTORIOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE law -- History; PROVISIONS for Widowhood in the Legal Sources of 16th Century Lithuania (Book); SIXTEENTH century; HISTORICAL source material
- Publication
Storia e Regione, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 2, p144
- ISSN
1121-0303
- Publication type
Article