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Dowries in Greece: dowry contracts in Ioannina during the early twentieth century

Spyros N. MichaleasDepartment of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Theodoros N. SergentanisDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra Hospital”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-5528
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Pages 675-706 | Published online: 05 Aug 2019

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  • Folder 1: Dowry contracts 234, 322, 323, 325.
  • Folder 2: Dowry contracts 534, 538, 547, 568, 602, 610, 738.
  • Folder 3: Dowry contracts 826, 1030, 1117.
  • Folder 4: Dowry contracts 1248, 1256, 1309, 1355, 1449, 1477, 1534, 1544, 1582.
  • Folder 5: Dowry contracts 1697, 1717, 1729, 1760, 1782, 1788, 1811.
  • Folder 6: Dowry contracts 1904, 1954, 2097, 2105, 2118, 2197, 2237, 2248.
  • Folder 7: Dowry contracts 2262, 2263, 2286, 2421.
  • Folder 8: Dowry contracts 2515, 2581, 2634, 2714.
  • Folder 9: Dowry contracts 2823, 2833, 2856, 2866, 2892.
  • Folder 10: Dowry contracts 3063, 3120, 3219, 3245, 3260, 3276, 3277.
  • Folder 11: Dowry contracts 3335, 3348, 3357, 3366, 3369, 3370, 3509, 3532, 3574.
  • Folder 12: Dowry contracts 3686, 3744, 3773, 3806, 3815, 3842, 3941.
  • Folder 13: Dowry contracts 3954, 3999, 4008, 4061, 4211, 4220, 4258.
  • Folder 14: Dowry contracts 4311, 4395, 4455, 4502, 4538, 4558, 4559, 4591, 4597.
  • Folder 15: Dowry contracts 4659, 4687, 4763.
  • Gastis, G. (1926–1932). Συμβολαιογραφικό Αρχείο [Notarial Archive]. Reference code: GRGSA–IAE_NOT001. Historical Archive of Epirus (Γενικά αρχεία του Κράτους–Ιστορικό Αρχείο Ηπείρου). Ioannina. Images available at: http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr
  • Folder 6: Dowry contracts 1674, 1698, 1711, 1719, 1762, 1809, 1813, 1814, 1832, 1834, 1863, 1933, 1941, 1980, 2015.
  • Folder 7: Dowry contracts 2018, 2133, 2145, 2162, 2315, 2326, 2365, 2421.
  • Folder 8: Dowry contracts 2497, 2499, 2548, 2569, 2657.
  • Folder 9: Dowry contracts 2701, 2722, 2755, 2789, 2812.
  • Folder 10: Dowry contracts 2974, 3059, 3089, 3193.
  • Folder 11: Dowry contracts 3436, 3439, 3557, 3570, 3654, 3677.
  • Folder 12: Dowry contracts 3778, 3795, 3822, 3828, 3830, 3888, 3892, 3932, 3933.
  • Folder 13: Dowry contracts 3976, 3982, 4133, 4172, 4174, 4196.
  • Folder 14: Dowry contracts 4319, 4323, 4353, 4354, 4379, 4405, 4406, 4425, 4438, 4472, 4559.
  • Folder 15: Dowry contracts 4639, 4742, 4766, 4843, 4882, 4945.
  • Folder 16: Dowry contracts 5035, 5044, 5050, 5059, 5102, 5133.
  • Folder 17: Dowry contracts 5170, 5258, 5292, 5294, 5304.
  • Folder 18: Dowry contracts 5411, 5413, 5416, 5425, 5461, 5507, 5508, 5573, 5580, 5610.
  • Folder 19: Dowry contracts 5658, 5659, 5668, 5778, 5812.
  • Folder 20: Dowry contracts 5865, 5866, 5884.
  • Folder 21: Dowry contracts 6067, 6128, 6173.
  • Folder 22: Dowry contracts 6289.
  • Folder 23: Dowry contracts 6517, 6665.
  • Folder 24: Dowry contracts 6699, 6700, 6730, 6731, 6854, 6858.

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