Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21857/y6zolb311m

Baptism and Marriage Witnesses of the Catholics of Dubrovnik (1870-1871)

Ariana Violić-Koprivec orcid.org/0000-0002-7483-0010 ; University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Nenad Vekarić ; Institute for Historical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

Based on the data from parish registers, this article analyses godparents and marriage witnesses among the Catholics of the City Parish of Dubrovnik in 1870 and 1871. Also examined is the time gap between birth and baptism, proportion of emergency baptisms due to the infant’s weak state of health, weekly distribution of the marriage ceremony, number, gender structure, residence and social status of godparents and marriage witnesses, proportion of kin-based godparenthoods, criteria for the selection of godparents, incidence of godchild―godparent name-sharing, as well as multiple godparenthood.

Keywords

baptism; godparent; godparenthood; marriage; marriage witnesses; Dubrovnik; 19th century

Hrčak ID:

185849

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/185849

Publication date:

23.8.2017.

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