Marriage in medieval Poland : a study of evidence from the Poznań Consistory Court, 1404-1428 / by Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biniaś-Szkopek, Magdalena, author.

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 94.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 1872-8103 ; volume 94

Standardized Title:

Małżonkowie przed sądem biskupiego oficjała poznańskiego w pierwszej ćwierci XV wieku. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Poland--Poznań--History--To 1500.

Marriage.

Marital conflict--Poland--Poznań--History--To 1500.

Marital conflict.

Ecclesiastical courts--Poland--History--To 1500.

Ecclesiastical courts.

Physical Description:

ix, 293 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"This volume presents a new picture of marriage in medieval Poland. Based on the analysis of historical documents from the ecclesiastical courts of one of the oldest dioceses in Poland, this book sheds light on the presence and prevalence of a wide range of marital problems in the Diocese of Poznań in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. Through the material presented, the voices of one of the most underrepresented groups in the history of society - namely women from the lower social strata - are amplified"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Marriage in the Middle Ages in Selected Church Documents

Consistory Courts in Poland: Their Emergence and Practice

The Scope of Litigation

The Validity of the Promise of Marriage

Dishonour, Disgrace, Defilement (stuprum) and Loss of Virginity (defloratio)

Impediments to the Validity of Marriage

Marital Violence

Adultery and Fornication

Children and the Consistory Court

Conclusions.

Notes:

"With regard to the translation of the work into English and any editorial guidance, I thank in particular Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński and Barbara Gostyńska and Kate Sleight."--Ackknowledgements, page vii.

Includes bibliographical references (oages 249-278) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004707153

9004707158

OCLC:

1436905341