Jewish and Danube Swabian Marriage Contracts in the Dualistic Era in Hungary

Abstract

The author has analyzed over 150 contracts from 1875 to 1883 on the basis of her own archives collection. The royal notary’s institution, the contemporary marital property law institutions and the marriage contracts are presented in general and three contracts in detail. The author seeks to find the answer – based on the analyzed marriage contracts – whether or not parties counted to belong to a denomination or to a nationality.