Dowry, Norms, and Household Formation:
Osswald, H.
Journal of Family History 15(2): 201-224
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-1990 Document Number: 372376
The study uses a data base of 28 parishes in northern Portugal at the beginning of the seventeenth century to analyze the situation of young couples in terms of household composition, residential patterns, and inheritance rules. These matters are linked to cultural factors such as marital and generational relations and an attempt is made to explain the functioning of the conjugal fund and the roles of family members independent of the social and economic characteristics of the couples.