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A Cultural History of Marriage in the Medieval Age (Paperback)
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A Cultural History of Marriage in the Medieval Age (Paperback)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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Marriage in Europe became a central pillar of society during the
medieval period. Theologians, lawyers, and secular and church
leaders agreed on a unique outline of the institution and its legal
framework, the essential features of which remained in force until
the 1980s. The medieval Western European definition of marriage was
unique: before the legal consequences of marriage came into being,
the parties had to promise to engage in sexual union only with one
partner and to remain in the marriage until one of the parties
died. This requirement had profound implications for inheritance
rules and for the organization of the family economy; it was
explained and justified in a multitude of theological discussions
and legal decisions across all faiths on the European continent.
Normative texts, built on the foundations of the scriptures of
several religious traditions, provided an impressive intellectual
framework around marriage. In addition, developments in
iconography, including sculpture and painting, projected the
dominant model of marriage, while social, demographic and cultural
changes encouraged its adoption. This volume traces the medieval
discussion of marriage in practice, law, theology and iconography.
It provides an examination of the wider political and economic
context of marriage and offers an overview of the ebb and flow of
society's ideas about how expressions of human sexuality fit within
the confines of a clearly defined social structure and ideology. A
Cultural History of Marriage in the Medieval Age presents an
overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual;
Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family
Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of
Marriage.
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