Veröffentlicht am: 2022-05-151

Status prawny i społeczny kobiet w XVII wieku w świetle testamentów szlachty Prus Królewskich.

Franciszek Ignacy Fortuna
Civitas et Lex
Rubrik: Varia
https://doi.org/10.31648/cetl.7259

Abstract

Women’s wills of the nobility are an intriguing but still largely unexplored source. This also
applies to wills from Royal Prussia, mainly because of their scarce number and difficult availability.
An important element when considering the nobility of Royal Prussia is their specific legal
situation. Since 1599 the so-called Prussian Adjustment, based on the Chełmno Law, was in force,
under which only movable property could be freely disposed of in wills. Against this background,
the legal status of women was all the more impaired. Often they could not independently assert
their property rights without the legal protection of men.
This legal disadvantage was also strongly pervaded in the social consciousness. For the
upbringing of girls focused on the education of the future wife and mother. However, such
an upbringing could paradoxically produce surprisingly high levels of competence. Women used them
willingly, for example when drawing up their last will, in a way breaking the formal restrictions
imposed on them by law.

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Fortuna, F. I. (2022). Status prawny i społeczny kobiet w XVII wieku w świetle testamentów szlachty Prus Królewskich. Civitas Et Lex, 34(2), 87–97. https://doi.org/10.31648/cetl.7259

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