A cultural history of marriage in the Medieval Age
2023
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Total copies: 1
Marriage in Europe became a central pillar of society during the medieval period. Theologians, lawyers, and secular and church leaders agreed on a unique outline of the institution and its legal framework, the essential features of which remained in force until the 1980s. The medieval Western European definition of marriage was unique: before the legal consequences of marriage came into being, the parties had to promise to engage in sexual union only with one partner and to remain in the marriage until one of the parties died. This volume traces the medieval discussion of marriage in practice, law, theology and iconography. It provides an examination of the wider political and economic context of marriage and offers an overview of the ebb and flow of society's ideas about how expressions of human sexuality fit within the confines of a clearly defined social structure and ideology.
Main title:
A cultural history of marriage in the Medieval Age / edited by Joanne M. Ferraro, Frederik Pedersen.
Author:
Ferraro, Joanne Marie, 1951-, editorPedersen, Frederik, editor
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781350355613 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.810902306.8109
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
602209