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To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600

To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600

Thomas Kuehn
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This volume analyzes how, why, and when pre-modern Europeans documented their marriages - through property settlements, prenuptial contracts, court testimony, church weddings, and more. The authors consider both the function of documentation in the process of marrying and what the surviving documents say about pre-modern marriage. After analyzing the foundations of Western marriage set by Roman law and Patristic theology, the chapters provide vivid case studies of marital documents and practices in medieval France, England, Iceland, and Ireland, and in Renaissance Florence, Douai, and Geneva.
Language
English
Pages
536
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
January 01, 2007
ISBN
0521867363
ISBN 13
9780521867368

To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600

Thomas Kuehn
4.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This volume analyzes how, why, and when pre-modern Europeans documented their marriages - through property settlements, prenuptial contracts, court testimony, church weddings, and more. The authors consider both the function of documentation in the process of marrying and what the surviving documents say about pre-modern marriage. After analyzing the foundations of Western marriage set by Roman law and Patristic theology, the chapters provide vivid case studies of marital documents and practices in medieval France, England, Iceland, and Ireland, and in Renaissance Florence, Douai, and Geneva.
Language
English
Pages
536
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
January 01, 2007
ISBN
0521867363
ISBN 13
9780521867368

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