Zur Vermeidung der Illegitimität

Autor(en)

Magdalena Irnstötter

Abstrakt

In the first half of the 19th century, children born out of wedlock were subjected to comprehensive system of legal and social discriminations. The basis of this system in Austria was the distinction between children born in and out of wedlock in baptismal registers. However, if unmarried parents succeeded in having their sons and daughters falsely registered as legitimate offspring, by law the children had to be considered legitimate until formal correction procedure of the registers took place. This article uses two such correction procedures carried out by the Lower Austrian provincial government in the first half of the 19th century as starting point to analyse the fascinating histories of the families involved. What were the backgrounds and motives of the mothers and fathers? What became of the parents and children? Finally, can new perspectives on the meaning of illegitimacy in the 19th century be gained from such case studies?

Organisation(en)

Journal

Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs

Band

14

Seiten

5 - 16

Anzahl der Seiten

12

ISSN

2221-8890

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1553/BRGOE2024‐1s5

Publikationsdatum

06-2024

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

601028 Geschlechtergeschichte, 601029 Sozialgeschichte, 601016 Österreichische Geschichte, 505014 Rechtsgeschichte

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/zur-vermeidung-der-illegitimitat(7c7b2a72-ffaf-4c81-aaba-12f1fbf5b535).html