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Noble strategies : marriage and sexuality in the Zimmern chronicle /

Through the colorful family histories and rich detail of the Zimmern Chronicle, historian Judith Hurwich examines marriage, family, and sexuality among the early modern German nobility. She uses the house chronicles of the Zimmern family and the families of the counts and barons with whom they inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hurwich, Judith J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, 2006.
Colección:Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 75
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Zimmern chronicle and the Zimmern family
  • Inheritance and dowry
  • Age at marriage and proportions marrying
  • Intermarriage and rank of spouses
  • Choice of marriage partners
  • Marriage negotiations
  • Marital happiness and marital breakdown
  • Sexuality : laws, attitudes, and the sexual honor code
  • Concubines
  • Bastards
  • Family strategies and pragmatic morality.