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Evolving Roles and Legal Dynamics: Status of Women in the Medieval and Modern Era in the Territory of Slovakia

Publication date: 12.2024

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 (2024), Volume 17, Issue 3, pp. 289-300

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.022.21006

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Ingrid Lanczová
Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-3558 Orcid
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Nicole Makóová
Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0568-4332 Orcid
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Evolving Roles and Legal Dynamics: Status of Women in the Medieval and Modern Era in the Territory of Slovakia

Abstract

The article delves into the intricate dynamics of the status of women in history. It provides a brief insight into the evolution of law concerning the status of women in the territory of Slovakia and some examples of the legal practice witnessed in various legal and non-legal sources. Analyzing the antiquated laws and cultural perspectives, the authors explore the nuances that shaped women’s lives. It points out the paradoxes of the Enlightenment era, which, while advocating for sensible reasoning and progress, simultaneously witnessed scientific justifications for female subjugation. Nevertheless, it was the starting point for a complete change in women’s lives from both the legal and social perspective. This change might even be ongoing, manifesting itself in various issues nowadays, such as getting married and having children at a higher age or not at all.

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Information: Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 (2024), Volume 17, Issue 3, pp. 289-300

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-3558

Ingrid Lanczová
Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-3558 Orcid
All publications →

Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0568-4332

Nicole Makóová
Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0568-4332 Orcid
All publications →

Trnava University in Trnava
Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Słowacja, Slovakia

Published at: 12.2024

Article status: Open

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The paper is an outcome of the grant project APVV-22-0079 Transformations of legal science – historical and current forms of legal science and scientificity of law.

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