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Sex, Lies and Marital Violence. Divorce Case from the Records on Visit of Bishop Valier to Istria in 1580 and its Historical and Anthropological Context

In 1579 and 1580, Bishop Agostino Valier visited Istrian dioceses. This visitation is described in yet unpublished records, written originally in Latin and Old Italian. Among them, we find a record of a divorce case of Ivan Cinkopan and Dorotea Jašić from Labin that brought to light accusations of adultery, theft, and marital violence. This paper illustrates the results of a multidisciplinary study of the Cinkopans’ divorce case: firstly, the transcription and English translation of the divorce trial record ; secondly, the historical analysis and comparison with other relevant written sources from the same period, i.e. marital disputes from the Diocese of Poreč and statutes of Istrian towns ; and thirdly, an anthropological analysis of relevant archaeological data - namely, female skeletons with injuries consistent or similar to the ones described in the divorce record.

divorce ; adultery ; violence ; marriage ; women ; Istria ; 16th century

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