Datum zveřejnění:
28.12.2022
Abstrakt:
The presented study is based on a detailed analysis of 5380 entries about children who were born in several small towns and villages in the region around Pelhřimov in the South Bohemia between 1800–1899. The increasing number of illegitimate babies must have gone hand in hand with a change in the attitude to fatherless children. From a demographical point of view, this change documented by the increased chance of survival, which indirectly testifies that these children were provided with care. Another suitable tool for studying the extra-familial social relations of illegitimate children and their mothers seems to be the examination of their godparents. A key to the interpretation of factors connected with births and baptisms of illegitimate children is a detailed comparison with the situation of children born to properly married parents as well as the additionally legitimised children.
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