HISTORICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY AT THE TURN OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN TIMES
One of the most popular topics in the framework of historical and anthropological trends in the history of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times is the study of marriage and family structures. The purpose of this article is to determine the main objects of scientists’ interest in the study of marriage and family on the example of the separate matter - history of the ruling elite of the first half of the XVI century. As a result of the analysis of publications of the modern German and French historians the following groups of research were identified - matrimonial policy, dynasty as a mode of the ruling family existence, role of the woman in marriage and family, the birth of issue, status of widows, and finally - deviations related to marriage and family field (unsuccessful marriages and family drama, cases of domestic violence).