Original scientific paper

Illegitimate (fili illegitimi / filiae illegitimae) and Bastard (spuri) Children in Križevci during the 18th Century: On the Margins of Family

Zdenko Balog ; Križevci, Croatia

Abstract

The paper presents the research results on illegitimate children born during the 18th century in the Parish of Križevci. The research was conducted based on the Parish registers: from the first baptismal register (started in 1689) to the end of the 18th century. Both the horizontal and vertical approaches to research were used.
The horizontal approach was used to perform statistical surveys on the frequency of illegitimate children (by the chronological and some other parameters), while individual cases were reconstructed vertically. The purpose of those analyses was to shed light on aspects of social life in Križevci and the surrounding villages that belonged to the Križevci Parish. Even though the entries in the Parish registers are written in an administrative and lapidary style and with the intent to objectively preserve important information (baptism, wedding, death), many other data can be read “between the lines”.

Keywords

illegitimate children; the 18th century; Križevci; reconstruction of family; fatherhood; motherhood; parish registers

Hrčak ID:

284115

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/284115

Publication date:

28.1.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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