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Regional variations in matrimonial law and custom in Europe, 1150-1600 /

The book approaches medieval marriage law and custom from a comparative perspective. Although concentrating on source material from one region, some articles discuss the regionality and universality of matrimonial practices and norms. Others compare several regions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Korpiola, Mia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, ©2011.
Colección:Medieval law and its practice.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : regional variations and harmonization in medieval matrimonial law / Mia Korpiola
  • E pluribus unum : custom, the professionalization of medieval law and regional variations in marriage formation / James A. Brundage
  • The regional origins of theories about marital consent and consummation during the twelfth century / Philip L. Reynolds
  • Separation and marital property in late medieval England and the Franco-Belgian region / Monique Vleeschouwers-Van Melkebeek
  • Widows, property, and law in Lithuania and some other countries / Jurgita Kunsmanaite
  • Images of marriage : a comparison of law, custom and practice in medieval Europe / Anthony Musson
  • A regional cluster : Italian secular laws on abduction, forced and clandestine marriage (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) / Trevor Dean
  • Forfeiting the marriage portion : punishing female adultery in the secular courts of England and Italy / Caroline Dunn
  • Marriage disputes in the consistorial court of freising in the
  • Late Middle Ages / Kirsi Salonen
  • Marriage causes in late medieval Sweden : the evidence of Bishop Hans Brask's register (1522-27) / Mia Korpiola
  • The marriage process in the light of family correspondence : a comparative perspective on the Swedish evidence / Anu Lahtinen
  • Rituals before tribunals in renaissance Italy : continuity and change, 1400-1600 / Cecilia Cristellon and Silvana Seidel Menchi
  • Conclusion : comparative approaches to marriage in the later Middle Ages / Charles Donahue, Jr.