Widows and widowers in the society of the town of Grun, Gadyatsky Regiment (based on materials from the parish confession records of the churches of Grun in 1778)
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Abstract. The aim of the study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of demographic, social and religious factors that determined the position of single women (widows) and single men (widowers) in the society of the Hetmanate in the second half of the 18th century, using the example of the hundred-strong town of Hrun in the Gadyach Regiment. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that, for the first time in domestic historical science, the population of the hundred-strong centre of Hrun in the Gadyach Regiment of the Hetmanate became the subject of a comprehensive socio-demographic study through the study and analysis of the confessional records of the rural population of the Hetmanate in the second half of the 18th century. Their informative potential as material for studying socio-demographic processes and population behaviour was determined, and a comparison of the confessional records with other sources (metrics, registers and population censuses) was carried out. The originality of the study lies in the deepening of scientific research on the society of the Hetmanate and the role of widows and widowers in it. Conclusions. It has been proven that the confessional records of the churches of Hrun are of great importance in socio-demographic and historical-demographic research, are highly representative, and should be used as one of the main sources in such studies. The analysis and calculation of the main indicators of widowhood in the hundred-strong town of Hrun allowed us to study the role of this micro group in the life of society and to assert that they played a significant role in the society of the hundred-strong town. It has been proven that parish church confessional records are the most representative source for studying the microgroup of widows and widowers in Hrun. Audits were of a military and fiscal nature, and metric books contained information on marital and family relations.
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