Terms of Marriage between individuals of non-orthodox faith in the Russian Empire (On the Basis of the Letters of Nicholas I “Law on marriage alliance”)

In recent decades, family relationships have become increasingly exploited by researchers in fields such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, and economics. The historians also tries to understand how the historical realities influenced the family or how they were perceived by the change of mentalities. The following article aims to present the canonical and legal implications of the institution of marriage, in light of a document discovered in the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow. The document called "Prawo a ma eństwie" or “Law on Marriage Alliance” issued on February 14, 1832 by Tsar Nicholas I offers interesting and useful information about the conclusion and termination of a marriage, about rules, conditioning, limitations and obstacles.