Marriage disputes in medieval England / Frederik Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedersen, Frederik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--England.

Marriage.

Marriage law--England.

Marriage law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Hambledon Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613202079

9781283202077

1283202077

9780826443816

0826443818

OCLC:

741691695