Noble strategies : marriage and sexuality in the Zimmern chronicle / Judith J. Hurwich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurwich, Judith J., author.

Series:

Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 75.

Sixteenth century essays & studies ; 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Germany--Swabia--History--16th century.

Families.

Marriage--Germany--Swabia--History--16th century.

Marriage.

Nobility--Germany--Swabia--History--16th century.

Nobility.

Sex customs--Germany--Swabia--History--16th century.

Sex customs.

Zimmern family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the colorful family histories and rich detail of the Zimmern Chronicle, historian Judith Hurwich examines marriage, family, and sexuality among the early modern German nobility. She uses the house chronicles of the Zimmern family and the families of the counts and barons with whom they intermarried to investigate marriage and nonmarital sexuality in the southwest German nobility in the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. Along with a deeper look at women’s roles as wives, mothers, and concubines, Noble Strategies shines a light on the intimate lives of the early modern German elite.

Contents:

The Zimmern chronicle and the Zimmern family

Inheritance and dowry

Age at marriage and proportions marrying

Intermarriage and rank of spouses

Choice of marriage partners

Marriage negotiations

Marital happiness and marital breakdown

Sexuality : laws, attitudes, and the sexual honor code

Concubines

Bastards

Family strategies and pragmatic morality.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-264) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935503-55-3

OCLC:

694146956