Family may be defi ned as a relatively durable group of persons which is based on blood relations, is caused by marriage eventually by adoption and its main functions are reproduction, upbringing, but also carry over cultural models. Meaning of marriage institution is very often discussed topic not only in context of this defi nition. These discussions are provoked not only by opinions and questions in terms of marriage as an outworn institution, but also by the results of demographic statistic. In these results we can see trends of decreasing nuptiality, perhaps even weakening of family in the basic word sense (low fertility in general, growth of proportion of extramarital born children etc.). Introductory part of this article aff ords view of continuance of nuptiality during the twentieth century and also outline of some aspects that contribute to current nuptiality situation. The second part is focused on attitudes of Czech public towards marriage and on their ideas about importance and sense of marriage as well as., Michaela Dimitrová., and Seznam literatury
The study focuses on the demographic development of the parish Zdechovice in East Bohemia in the years 1790-1899. On the basis of anonymous excerption of data from the parish records of the Catholic parish Zdechovice, the records of the Protestant choirs in Chvaletice and Trnávka it follows up the development of nuptiality, natality and mortality with consideration of the faith of the inhabitants recorded., Šárka Jirásková., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The present study describes the history of the parish of Libčany in the years 1785-1914 from the perspective of historical demography and cultural history. Eleven villages located in East Bohemia near to the town Hradec Králové in the fertile region formed this parish. Their inhabitants worked mostly in agriculture and handicraft industry. The aim of this study is to give a summary of the development of nuptiality. The dates are based on records from parish registers of wedding. By processing was used the method of anonymous aggregative excerption. Results were compared with situation in the Czech Lands., Alexandra Šikulová., and Obsahuje bibliografii