Bigamy and Christian identity in late medieval Champagne
Présentation de l'éditeur : "he 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 overwhelmin...
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
copyright 2012.
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| Collection: | The Middle Ages series
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Marriage and remarriage in the later middle ages : law, theology, and culture
- 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