У статті подана спроба дати відповідь на питання, чи застосовувало суспільство
Гетьманщини контрацепцію і як що так, то як такі практики впливали на рівень народжуваності. Аналізуються відповідні демографічні коефіцієнти, тогочасні релігійні
настанови та суспільні моральні норми. Отримані дані порівнюються із результатами
досліджень даної проблеми на матеріалах європейського ранньомодерного соціуму.
В статье представлена попытка дать ответ на вопрос, применяло ли общество
Гетманщины контрацепцию и если да, то как такие практики влияли на уровень
рождаемости. Анализируются соответствующие демографические коэффициенты,
религиозные установки и общественные моральные нормы. Полученные данные сравниваются с результатами исследований данной проблемы на материалах европейского раннемодерного социума.
The article attempts to answer the question whether society has used Hetman contraception.
Contraception is seen as a deliberate action aimed at avoiding pregnancy in order to regulate
the number of children in the family. Determine the extent of the possible impact of such
practices on fertility. For this determined and analysed important factor in fertility. Analysed
the religious instruction that could affect the reproductive behaviour of the population of Hetmanschyna,
turns their impact on individual life strategies. Included are also social norms and
moral conformity of contemporary society. It is concluded that religious doctrine is considered
procreation as the main purpose of marriage and sex. Sex for pleasure was considered a sin,
which automatically made sin and contraception. On the other hand, people’s religiosity was
not something absolute. Population permitted late «domestic» sins that were not visible to the
environment. Besides religion had to be other reasons for trying to avoid conception. The data
are compared with the results of research on materials of the problem early modern European
society (especially the Rzeczpospolita and France). This comparison showed that population
of Hetmanschyna was more set to childbirth, while societies of France, some communities have
sought to regulate fertility. An important aspect is also the low efficiency potential arsenal
of contraceptives. Simple people know too little about the mechanisms of pregnancy and real
ways of avoidance. Overall, the study allows the conclusion that society of Hetmanschyna in
the eighteenth century has not practiced contraception, at least on such a scale that it affected
the birth rate and the model of demographic reproduction. Contraception in these areas will
be distributed only in the second half of the nineteenth century, when «demographic revolution
» started in region.
