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Strategizing Marriage: A Genealogical Analysis of Korean Marriage Networks
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- The MIT Press
- Volume 48, Number 1, Summer 2017
- pp. 1-19
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The genealogy of the Andong Gwon-ssi in the Seongwha period—the oldest extant genealogy in Korean history—offers a unique opportunity to explore political changes and gain insight into the formation of inner circles in Korea during the thirteenth to fifteenth century. Social-network analysis of the marriage networks within this genealogy reveals that for elite families in medieval Korea, marital strategy was as important as ancestry to the maintenance of social/political status.