@misc{Čapka_František_Founding_2016,
 author={Čapka, František and Vaculik, Jaroslav},
 copyright={Copyright by František Čapka},
 copyright={Copyright by Jaroslav Vaculík},
 address={Wrocław},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2016},
 publisher={Zakład Historii Edukacji Instytutu Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego},
 language={pol},
 abstract={In the period in question, the family in the Czech Lands was usually comprised of between five and seven members – father, mother and children. Founding a family was subject to the agreement of the lord of the manor (in the countryside) or the municipal authority (in the town). „Confirmation of probity” was requested from the seigniorial authorities in Catholic parishes even after the abolition of serfdom in the Habsburg monarchy (1781), while the approval of the couple’s legal representatives (parents) was also required in the case of the marriage of people younger than twenty-four (the age of maturity). Partners were chosen by parents according to their property and social standing. People to be married were generally not only from the same social class, but also from the same place or nearby in the surrounding area. No lower age limit for marriage was stipulated by the law, though grooms younger than twenty were the exception, while around a fifth of brides were younger than twenty.},
 title={Founding a Family in Czech Society in the First Half of the 19th Century},
 keywords={history of upbringing, family, children, marriage, wedding, parents},
}