Spouse Selection and Marital Mobility in the Ottoman Empire Observations From Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu


Ergene B. A., Kaygun A.

HISTORICAL METHODS, cilt.45, sa.1, ss.3-20, 2012 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01615440.2011.624984
  • Dergi Adı: HISTORICAL METHODS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3-20
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Based on the information found in probate estate inventories, this article examines patterns of spousal preference and marital mobility in eighteenth-century Ottoman Kastamonu, located in northern Anatolia. For this purpose, we introduce quantitative techniques and categories of analysis specifically designed for Ottoman sources, primarily postmortem estate inventories (terekes), allowing us to measure how various socioeconomic groups established marital associations and to what extent they married other groups. The article also compares marital and intergenerational mobility patterns in eighteenth-century Kastamonu.