The Richness of Italian Historical Demography

In this paper, we present a new methodology for the reconstruction of individual life-histories based on information derived from the integration of different parish registers. This methodology makes it possible to associate the sequence and timing of demographic events not only with the structural...

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Main Authors: Marco Breschi, Alessio Fornasin, Matteo Manfredini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Instititute of Social History 2020-12-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2020-0012
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description In this paper, we present a new methodology for the reconstruction of individual life-histories based on information derived from the integration of different parish registers. This methodology makes it possible to associate the sequence and timing of demographic events not only with the structural features of the households in which they occurred, but also with more general historical context and the economic factors that shaped the lives of people and households. All these elements are then evaluated in a dynamic and temporal perspective, allowing the adoption of a longitudinal approach in the analysis of demographic processes for historical populations.
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spelling doaj.art-871152db42d64cd186bb5463fcbc60122022-12-21T21:33:24ZengInternational Instititute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432020-12-010The Richness of Italian Historical DemographyMarco Breschi0Alessio Fornasin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-0581Matteo Manfredini2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-5921University of SassariUniversity of UdineUniversity of ParmaIn this paper, we present a new methodology for the reconstruction of individual life-histories based on information derived from the integration of different parish registers. This methodology makes it possible to associate the sequence and timing of demographic events not only with the structural features of the households in which they occurred, but also with more general historical context and the economic factors that shaped the lives of people and households. All these elements are then evaluated in a dynamic and temporal perspective, allowing the adoption of a longitudinal approach in the analysis of demographic processes for historical populations.https://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2020-0012longitudinal databaseslife historiesparish registersitaly
spellingShingle Marco Breschi
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Matteo Manfredini
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life histories
parish registers
italy
title The Richness of Italian Historical Demography
title_full The Richness of Italian Historical Demography
title_fullStr The Richness of Italian Historical Demography
title_full_unstemmed The Richness of Italian Historical Demography
title_short The Richness of Italian Historical Demography
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topic longitudinal databases
life histories
parish registers
italy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2020-0012
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