Marriage-Family Relations on the Frontier of South-Ukrainian Lands in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Abstract

The daily marriage-family relations of Ukrainians have been disclosed on the pages of the works of historian Natalia Dvoryanska (Mirza-Avakyants). The researcher was far ahead of her time. Thus, the elements of the history of everyday life - the direction of historical studies, which is now gaining in popularity - are reflected in her works, written in the 1920s and 1930's. N. Dvoryanska (Mirza-Avakyants) analysed the influence of customary and secular law on the regulation of marriage and family relations of the South Ukrainian lands. She proved that in the second half of the seventeenth century, family conflicts were often resolved by customary (traditional) law, not written law. The great merit of the scholar is that she characterized the Ukrainian woman in the background of military conflicts, Cossack riots, wars and tragedies.