Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/cs.57.1.2
Rito Greco and Rito Latino - observations on the issue of violent abductions of girls from the marriage records of the Diocese of Nin (17th - 18th centuries)
Zdenko Dundović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1772-1675
; Department of Theology and Catechetics, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
Based on archival originals on marriage cases in the Nin diocese in the 17th and 18th centuries, the paper discusses the issue of kidnapping girls for the purpose of marriage. Emphasis was placed on a comparative analysis of the attitude of Greek and Latin priests towards abductions and marriages in the period under review, and the cooperation of Nin bishops and Venetian state authorities on suppression and church and state regulations of disorderly practice among the population of Nin diocese. Through the optics of the Nin Church Court, the paper seeks to show that Nin bishops, despite many controversies over the position of women in the period under review, in some way protected the integrity of abducted girls, and court rulings in cases of violent abductions significantly affected their future.
Keywords
Diocese of Nin; abduction; marriage; clergy of the Greek rite; Bishop of Nin; Venetian government; 17th and 18th centuries
Hrčak ID:
276046
URI
Publication date:
19.5.2022.
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