Dwa małżeństwa, jeden rozwód. Umowy matrymonialne na wsi w świetle najstarszych akt notariuszy warciańskich z lat 1808–1810
Streszczenie
Notarial acts mainly consist of records on financial agreements. At the beginning
of the nineteenth century they included contracts of which peasants
were one party. Matrimonial agreements edited in the very article were, in fact,
the landowner’s approval of his serf getting married to a bachelor coming from
beyond his lands. At the same time the groom was obliged to stay in the village
of his wife-to-be. Such contracts were to guarantee landlords that their serfs
would not leave the estate. The third agreement was made as to divide chattel
between the quarrelling couple who decided to divorce and end their marriage.