Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825)
This paper aims to contribute to the study of female social mobility through marriage, by presenting a study case for north-eastern Catalonia, during the second half of the 18th century. This is a region where there was a strong system of impartible inheritance based on male primogeniture, so that i...
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| description | This paper aims to contribute to the study of female social mobility through marriage, by presenting a study case for north-eastern Catalonia, during the second half of the 18th century. This is a region where there was a strong system of impartible inheritance based on male primogeniture, so that it was women who moved into the families of the heirs, while paying a dowry accordingly. It is precisely the combination of the value of the dowry with the occupation of the bride's and groom's family that permits to better understand the dynamics of social mobility that brides experienced at the time of marriage. The results obtained suggest that male primogeniture pushed many women towards downward social mobility, despite certain mechanisms to mitigate it. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1632972025-08-02T05:01:04Z Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825) Mas-Ferrer, Josep Social mobility Inheritance systems Marriages Dowries This paper aims to contribute to the study of female social mobility through marriage, by presenting a study case for north-eastern Catalonia, during the second half of the 18th century. This is a region where there was a strong system of impartible inheritance based on male primogeniture, so that it was women who moved into the families of the heirs, while paying a dowry accordingly. It is precisely the combination of the value of the dowry with the occupation of the bride's and groom's family that permits to better understand the dynamics of social mobility that brides experienced at the time of marriage. The results obtained suggest that male primogeniture pushed many women towards downward social mobility, despite certain mechanisms to mitigate it. 2025-08-02T05:01:03Z 2025-08-02T05:01:03Z 2025-08-01T15:44:43Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506679_61 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104611 9791221506679 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163297 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104611/1/44516.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.26 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.26 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221506679 16 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Social mobility Inheritance systems Marriages Dowries Mas-Ferrer, Josep Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825) |
| title | Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825) |
| title_full | Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825) |
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| title_short | Chapter Female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre-industrial era (north-eastern Catalonia, 1750-1825) |
| title_sort | chapter female social mobility in an impartible inheritance society at the end of the pre industrial era north eastern catalonia 1750 1825 |
| topic | Social mobility Inheritance systems Marriages Dowries |
| topic_facet | Social mobility Inheritance systems Marriages Dowries |
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