Les liaisons dangereuses. Mariage juif et État moderne à Trieste au XVIIIe siècle - article ; n°5 ; vol.49, pg 1139-1170

Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - Année 1994 - Volume 49 - Numéro 5 - Pages 1139-1170
Liaisons dangereuses : Jewish Marriage and Modernity in XVIIIth century Trieste.
This article considers Jewish emancipation, tradition and modernity through the issue of marriage law and family formation, specifically the effects upon Jews of the modern state's transfer of marriage from religious to civil law. From archival and rabbinic sources it reconstructs and analyzes the cases of two couples in late 18th- century Trieste whose unusual situations precipitated struggles between the Jewish community and the state over which marriage law - Habsburg or Jewish - would effectively prevail. It explores how individuals choices were constrained by laws custom parental authority public opinion and social class. It shows that the defense of Jewish marriage law in the face of the enlightened absolutist state also entailed rede finition of tradition and incipient secularization.
32 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.