Marriage litigation in the Western Church, 1215-1517 / Wolfgang P. Müller, Fordham University, New York.
"From the establishment of a coherent doctrine on sacramental marriage to the eve of the Reformation, late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases in a variety of ways. Ranging widely across Western Europe, including the Upper and Lower Rhine regions, England, Italy, Catalonia, and...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Summary: | "From the establishment of a coherent doctrine on sacramental marriage to the eve of the Reformation, late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases in a variety of ways. Ranging widely across Western Europe, including the Upper and Lower Rhine regions, England, Italy, Catalonia, and Castile, this study explores the stark discrepancies in practice between the North of Europe and the South. Wolfgang P. Müller draws attention to the existence of public penitential proceedings in the North and their absence in the South, and explains the difference in demand, as well as highlighting variations in how individuals obtained written documentation of their marital status. Integrating legal and theological perspectives on marriage with late medieval social history, Müller addresses questions around the relationship between the Church and medieval marriage, and what this reveals about both institutions"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108955812 1108955819 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108955812 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 8, 2021) |