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The Abduction of Women for Marriage: Istria at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century

This paper deals with abductions of women for marriage in Istria in the Diocese of Poreč in the first half of seventeenth century. The research is based on unpublished sources – proceedings from court trials preserved in the abduction registers from the first half of seventeenth century – and the published Istrian statutes, such as the rules governing abductions issued by the Council of Trent. The paper analyses violent and non-violent abductions, especially in the rural areas of the Poreč Diocese.

marriage, abductions, violence, Diocese of Poreč, first half of the seventeenth century

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