Annual of the Faculty of History of ”St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo
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All Journals Annual of the Faculty of History of ”St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo (2022) Vol 6 Issue 1 Article 10

Matching in the Old Bulgarian Law (on the Law for Judging People and the Slavic Eclogue)


Authors:
Mariya Ivanova St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo

Pages: 109-123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/BWVQ2364

Abstract:

The article examines the changes that occurred in the relative institution of matchmaking after the conversion of the Bulgarians. The analysis is built based on the old Bulgarian legal monuments Law on judging people and the Slavic Eclogue. Ethnographic data from the 19th century, which also document both changes and preserved older elements in the kinship system of matchmaking, are cited as evidentiary material.

Keywords:

matchmaking, old Bulgarian law, paganism, conversion, marriage prohibitions, kinship system.

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