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Medieval marriage sermons : mass communication in a culture without print / D. L. D'Avray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Avray, D. L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Sermons.
- Catholic Church.
- Sermons, Medieval.
- Marriage.
- History.
- Europe.
- Catholic Church--Sermons--History and criticism.
- Sermons.
- Sermons, Medieval--Europe.
- Marriage--Europe--Sermons.
- Marriage--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Sermons, Medieval--Europe--History and criticism.
- Marriage--Europe--Sermons--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Sermons.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 331 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Before the advent of printing, the preaching of the friars was the mass medium of the middle ages. In this edition of marriage sermons, David D'Avray reveals what famous preachers had to say about marriage. His study teases out the close connection between marriage symbolism and social, cultural, and legal realities in the thirteenth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0198208146
- OCLC:
- 45990871
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