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Bigamy and Christian identity in late medieval Champagne /

The institution of marriage is commonly thought to have fallen into crisis in late medieval northern France. While prior scholarship has identified the pervasiveness of clandestine marriage as the cause, Sara McDougall contends that the pressure came overwhelmingly from the prevalence of remarriage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDougall, Sara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Ã2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Marriage and Remarriage in the Later Middle Ages
  • Chapter 2. Bigamous Husbands
  • Chapter 3. Abandoned Wives
  • Chapter 4. Why Commit Bigamy?
  • Chapter 5. Why Prosecute Bigamy?
  • Conclusion: Christian Identity at the End of the Middle Ages
  • Appendix: Selected Transcriptions from a Register of the Officiality of Troyes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.