The marriage dowries of peasant families of Minho, North of Portugal, in the modern era

Maria Marta Lobo de Araújo, Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves

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Abstract

Our study focuses on the dowries of marriage of peasant families of Minho in the Modern Age and seeks to highlight the position of women at an important moment of your life-marriage. How to marry a daughter without a dowry was difficult, the families sought to provide them the best they could, resorting too often to the portion available to do so.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-97
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Arts and Humanities
Volume2
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Dowries
  • Minho
  • Marriage
  • Women

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