Thursday, October 31 / 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Dockside 2

Session 33
Marriage Patterns and Practices: New Historical Evidence

Chair: Maria Stanfors, Centre for Economic Demography/Dept of Economic History, Lund University
Discussant: Francesco Scalone, Università di Bologna

1. The Impact of Prohibited Periods on the Seasonality of Marriage: Denominational Differences and Cultural Continuities Among English Settlers in Nineteenth Century Tasmania. • Peter Gunn, Independent Scholar.

2. The Seasonality of Marriages in Italy at the Beginning of 19th Century • Alessio Fornasin, University of Udine; Marco Breschi, Università degli Studi di Sassari; Matteo Manfredini, University of Parma; Gabriele Ruiu, Università degli Studi di Sassari.

3. Trading Descendants for Persistence? – Cost-Benefit-Ratios of Consanguineous Marriages among the Swedish Nobility [1600-1900] and the Economic Elite of the Krummhörn Region, Germany [1720-1874] • Kai Willfuehr, University of Oldenburg; Johannes Johow, Independent Researcher; Björn Eriksson, Lund University; Eckart Voland, Justus Liebug Universitat.

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