Marriage on Trial - Late Medieval German Couples at the Papal Court

Informationen zum Autor LUDWIG SCHMUGGE, the leading expert on the papal penitentiary and a professor of medieval history, is president of the scientific committee of the German Historical Institute in Rome. ATRIA A. LARSON received her Ph.D. in medieval studies from the Catholic University of America in 2010 and spent the 2009-2010 academic year on a Fulbright grant in Munich, Germany. Klappentext In the first detailed study of papal penitentiary materials on marriage, renowned medieval historian Ludwig Schmugge tells the exciting stories of seduced maidens, too-closely-related husbands and wives, and thousands of couples who faced lawsuitsall of whom had transgressed marriage law on various grounds in the Middle Ages. This work vividly describes many of the individual cases and offers new insight into the social and legal pressures on marriage in the Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung Ludwig Schmugge tells the exciting stories of seduced maidens, too-closely-related husbands and wives, and thousands of couples who faced lawsuits—all of whom had transgressed marriage law on various grounds in the Middle Ages. This work vividly describes many of the individual cases and offers new insight into the social and legal pressures on marriage in the Middle Ages.

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• Authors: Ludwig Schmugge, Ludwig/ Larsen Schmugge
• Assisted by: Atria A. Larsen (Translation), Atria A Larson (Translation), Atria A. Larson (Translation)
• Publisher: Catholic univ of america press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2012
• EAN: 9780813220178
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-2017-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Early; Studies in Medieval and Early
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law