Marriage disputes in medieval England / / Frederik Pedersen

• Autore: Pedersen Frederik
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Hambledon Press, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.8/1/0942/0902
• Soggetto topico: Marriage - England; Marriage law - England
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Medieval Marriage; 2 Romeo and Juliet of Stonegate; 3 Lay Knowledge of the Law of Marriage; 4 Lawyers in the Northern Province; 5 The Laity and Church Courts; 6 Courts and Communities; 7 Uses and Abuses; 8 Marital Affection; 9 Demography and the Courts; 10 The Courts and Medieval Marriage; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Intimate details about the personal lives of medieval people are frustratingly rare. We seldom know what the men and women of the middle ages thought about marriage, let alone about sex. The records of the church courts of the province of York, mainly dating from the fourteenth century, provides a welcome light on private, family life and on individual reactions to it. They include a wide range of fascinating cases involving disputes about the validity of marriage, consent, sex, marital violence, impotence and property disputes. They also show how widely the laws of marriage were both known an
• Titolo autorizzato: Marriage disputes in medieval England
• ISBN: 1-283-20207-7; 9786613202079; 0-8264-4381-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789777803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II