In this paper we review the main theories of household and marriage systems, highlighting their inability to account for the astonishing variety of family and marriage patterns that characterized modern Italy. We propose a new interpretative framework, where social reproduction is given pride of place as the main factor shaping marital behavior and household formation in the past. We test our theory analyzing five populations in northern and central Italy, characterized by different ecological, economic, and social conditions. We use an event history analysis approach to model the timing of marriage in the populations under study. The results confirm that coercion mattered much more than Malthusian economic constraints. We conclude suggesting a more general application of our approach to the study of marital behavior, family formation, and residential patterns in the past.

Between constraints and coercion. Marriage and social reproduction in Northern and Central Italy, 18th and 19th centuries / R., Derosas; M., Breschi; A., Fornasin; Manfredini, Matteo; C., Munno. - 2:(2012), pp. 1-45.

Between constraints and coercion. Marriage and social reproduction in Northern and Central Italy, 18th and 19th centuries

MANFREDINI, Matteo;
2012-01-01

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In this paper we review the main theories of household and marriage systems, highlighting their inability to account for the astonishing variety of family and marriage patterns that characterized modern Italy. We propose a new interpretative framework, where social reproduction is given pride of place as the main factor shaping marital behavior and household formation in the past. We test our theory analyzing five populations in northern and central Italy, characterized by different ecological, economic, and social conditions. We use an event history analysis approach to model the timing of marriage in the populations under study. The results confirm that coercion mattered much more than Malthusian economic constraints. We conclude suggesting a more general application of our approach to the study of marital behavior, family formation, and residential patterns in the past.
2012
Between constraints and coercion. Marriage and social reproduction in Northern and Central Italy, 18th and 19th centuries / R., Derosas; M., Breschi; A., Fornasin; Manfredini, Matteo; C., Munno. - 2:(2012), pp. 1-45.
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