Love, marriage, and family in the Middle Ages : a reader / edited by Jacqueline Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Jacqueline.

Series:

Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 7.

Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--History--To 1500--Sources.

Families.

Marriage--History--To 1500--Sources.

Marriage.

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500--Sources.

Social history.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 524 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Foundations and Influences 1

1. The Biblical Foundations 2

2. The Germanic Foundations 10

3. Theological Foundations: Augustine, On the Good of Marriage 15

4. Theological Foundations: Augustine on Marriage as a Social Institution 21

5. Legal Foundations: The Burgundian Laws 24

6. Legal Foundations: Anglo-Saxon Laws 39

7. Pastoral Foundations: The Penitential of Theodore 44

Chapter 2 Love and Its Dangers 53

8. A Biblical Celebration of Love 54

9. The Biblical Regulation of Sexual Behavior 61

10. The Marriage of Thorsteinn and Spes 64

11. Charlemagne's Daughter and Her Lover 74

12. The Ideology of Courtly Love 79

13. Troubadour Love Poetry 93

14. Goliardic Love Songs 98

15. Vernacular Songs of Love 103

16. Adulterous Love: The Story of Equitan 113

17. A Debate about Love and Marriage: The Owl and the Nightingale 122

18. Abelard and Heloise 134

19. Paolo and Francesca 148

20. Edward III's Love for the Countess of Salisbury (1342) 151

21. The Paston Family on Love and Marriage 157

22. Prosecutions and Punishments for Sexual Misconduct 164

Chapter 3 Marriage and the Church 169

23. The Theology of Marriage: Peter Lombard's Sentences 170

24. A Woman's View of Marriage: Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias 182

25. The Good of Marriage: Etienne de Fougeres 191

26. Ecclesiastical Legislation: The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) 202

27. Episcopal Legislation: The Statutes of Salisbury (1217-19) 206

28. The Parish Priest and the Rules of Marriage 211

29. How to Dissolve a Marriage 215

30. Marriage Litigation in Fifteenth-Century London 220

Chapter 4 Marriage Ceremonies, Rituals, and Customs 233

31. Pope Nicholas's Letter to a Bulgarian King (866) 234

32. The Legend of St. Nicholas and the Three Dowries 242

33. A Bad Courtship and a Good: Ruodlieb 245

34. The Liturgy of Marriage 261

35. Popular Customs and Marriage Celebrations 271

Chapter 5 Husbands and Wives 275

36. An Early Christian View of Husbands and Wives 276

37. Tertullian: To His Wife (ca. 200) 279

38. An Anti-Matrimonial Diatribe 288

39. A Grieving Husband: The Death of Einhard's Emma 292

40. The Marriage of Guibert of Nogent's Parents 295

41. Cautionary Tales 304

42. A Sermon on the Ideal Husband 307

43. A Popular View of Marriage: The Vision of Piers the Plowman 310

44. St. Bernardino on Marriage 313

45. The Fifteen Joys of Marriage 318

Chapter 6 Marriage and Family 331

46. Marriage Among the Franks 332

47. Counting Families in the Ninth Century 336

48. Spiritual Marriages 341

49. A Rebellious Wife 346

50. An Unhappy Marriage: Godelieve of Ghistelle 349

51. A Lord Asserts his Rights: Gerald of Aurillac 360

52. Duplicitous Wives and Illegitimate Heirs 363

53. The Legitimation of Children 368

54. Feudal Marriage 370

55. A Fraudulent Marriage Agreement (1280) 375

56. Marriage Cases in Village Courts 379

57. Housing and Households 387

58. Domestic Violence 392

Chapter 7 Childbirth 395

59. Gregory the Great on Sex, Childbirth, and Purity 396

60. A Medical Discussion of Childbirth 401

61. Description of a Birthing Chamber 407

62. Prayers for Women in Childbirth 409

63. Rejoicing for a Safe Delivery 412

Chapter 8 Parents and Children 415

64. Biblical Advice on Parent/Child Relations 416

65. Jerome on the Education of Girls 418

66. Frankish Parents' Grief 425

67. An Unhappy Childhood: Guibert of Nogent 429

68. The Ideals of Childhood 436

69. Intrafamilial Conflict 442

70. Parents, Children, and Child-rearing 445

71. A Happy Childhood: Jean Froissart 453

72. The Instruction of Children 456

73. The Care of Orphans 465

Chapter 9 Beyond Christendom 469

74. Laws Regulating Contact Between Jews, Muslims, and Christians 470

75. Marriage Cases in the Jewish Community 473

76. A Jewish Merchant's Letter 485

77. A Jewish Father's Advice: Eleazar of Mainz 488

78. Islamic Teachings on Marriage and the Family 492

79. Christian Misunderstanding of Islamic Teachings on Marriage 502

80. The Cathars' Rejection of Marriage 506.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1551111047

OCLC:

46769714