Armenians in old Poland and Austrian Galicia : : a demographic and historical study / / Franciszek Wasyl.

• VerfasserIn: Wasyl, Franciszek,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (588 pages)

This monograph, which complements the existing body of work on the Armenian diaspora in a Central European context, is the first demographic synthesis devoted to the Armenian community in Old Poland and Austrian Galicia (1772-1860). It is the story of the biological and cultural trajectory of a human life: birth, marriage, childbearing, family life, sickness, old age and death. The author enumerates the Armenian diaspora in Austrian Galicia and poses questions regarding Armenian identity, religious practices and community life. The book includes a discussion of archival sources and contains a selection of the parish family registers (status animarum) in the annex. These documents, which not only enhance the narration but also detail the Armenian families, can stimulate further research and support genealogical investigations.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I Sources and Literature -- 1. Overview of Sources -- 2. The Sources in Detail -- 2.1 Lists of the Faithful (Status Animarum) -- 2.2 Registers of Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths -- 2.2.1 Armenian Catholic Registers -- 2.2.2 Roman Catholic Registers -- 2.3 The Josephine and Franciscan Measures (Cadasters) -- 2.4 Cartography -- 2.5 Surviving Sources from the Gmina: Acta Iudicii Civilis Armenorum -- 2.6 Documents from the Archbishop's Office -- 3. Selected Literature -- 3.1 Historical Demography -- 3.2 Genealogy, Family Chronicles, Memoirs and Diaries -- 3.3 Historiography and the Armenians -- 3.4 Founding Masters -- Chapter II The Armenians and their Small Collectivity -- 1. Geography of Settlement -- 2. The Size of the Armenian Population -- 3. The Religious Community -- 3.1 Territorial Organization -- 3.2 Economic Affairs -- 3.3 People of the Church -- 4. The Formation of an Armenian Nobility -- 5. Questions of Armenian Identity -- 5.1 The Case of Kasper Melchior Ciąglewicz -- 5.2 The Case of Grzegorz Romaszkan -- Chapter III The Armenian Way of Marriage -- 1. Contracting a Marriage in Armenian Society -- 1.1 The Law -- 1.2 Kinship of the Spouses -- 1.3 Age at Marriage -- 1.4 Seasonality of Marriages (Annual by Month) -- 1.5 Seasonality of Marriages (Day of the Week) -- 1.6 Second Marriages -- 1.6.1 A Bachelor Marries a Widow -- 1.7 Mixed-rite Marriages -- 2. Faith, Custom and Tradition in Armenian Marriage -- 2.1 Matchmakers, Engagement and the Marriage Contract -- 2.2 The Marriage Ceremony and the Wedding Feast -- 2.3 Marriage Custom Flouted -- Chapter IV Offspring -- 1. Before the Birth of a Child -- 2. Expecting a Child: Case Studies -- 3. Baptisms in the Armenian Catholic Cathedral in Lwów -- 3.1 Armenians of the Lwów Metropolis in the Light of Baptism Records -- 3.2 Godparents.

4. Midwives and Medical Knowledge -- 5. Illegitimi -- 6. Baptism and Confirmation -- 7. First Names -- 7.1 First Names of Boys -- 7.2 First Names of Girls -- 7.3 First Names Given at Confirmation -- 7.4 Two-part Names Given at Baptism and Confirmation -- 7.5 First Names of Illegitimate Children -- Chapter V The Armenian Hearth and Home -- 1. Family and Kinship in the Armenian Collectivity (Language, Law, Norms) -- 1.1 The Family from the Perspective of a Divorce Case -- 1.2 The Family from the Perspective of an Inheritance Case -- 1.3 A Family Firm: Family Relations from the Perspective of Commercial Activity -- 2. Armenian Burgher Families on the Example of Horodenkaand Kuty -- 2.1 Multigenerational Families -- 2.2 Servants and Lodgers -- 3. From a Prospering Burgher Family to the Nobility -- 3.1 The Abgarowicz Family of Stanisławów: the Story of Three Brothers and Two Generations -- 3.2 Armenian Noble Families: Krzeczunowicz and Nikorowicz -- 3.2.1 The Krzeczunowicz Family -- 3.2.2 The Nikorowicz Family -- Chapter VI Death and the Funeral -- 1. The Death of Children and the Young -- 2. Death in the Prime of Life (20-59 years) -- 2.1 Diseases and Illnesses -- 2.2 Deaths in Childbirth in Women Aged Twenty or Above -- 2.3 Seasonality of the Deaths of Armenians in the Prime of Life -- 3. Death in Old Age (60 and Above) -- 3.1 Diseases and Illnesses of Old Age -- 3.2 Loneliness in Old Age -- 4. Deaths in Hospitals and Deaths Caused by Poverty and Destitution -- 5. Remarkable Cures: the Book of Miracles as a Record of Diseases -- 6. The Moment of Death: Ritual and Formula -- 6.1 The Will -- 6.2 The Moment of Death -- 7. The Funeral -- Afterword -- Documentation Armenian Catholic Censuses -- Map -- Sources -- Literature -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Documents in the Annexe of Sources -- Index.