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

Klappentext This 2007 volume analyzes how, why, and when pre-modern Europeans documented their marriages. Zusammenfassung This 2007 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Marrying and its documentation in pre-modern Europe: consent, celebration, and property Philip L. Reynolds; 2. Marrying and its documentation in later Roman law Judith Evans-Grubbs; 3. Marrying and the tabulae nuptiales in Roman North Africa from Tertullian to Augustine David G. Hunter; 4. Dotal Charters in the Frankish tradition Philip L. Reynolds; 5. Marriage and diplomatics: five Dower Charters from the regions of Laon and Soissons, 1163-81 Laurent Morelle; 6. Marriage agreements from twelfth-century Southern France Cynthia Johnson; 7. Marriage contracts in medieval England R. H. Helmholz; 8. Marriage contracts and the church courts of fourteenth-century England Frederik Pedersen; 9. Marrying and marriage litigation in medieval Ireland Art Cosgrove; 10. Marriage contracts in medieval Iceland Agnes S. Arnórsdóttir; 11. Contracting marriage in Renaissance Florence Thomas J. Kuehn; 12. Marital property law as sociocultural text: the case of late-medieval Douai Martha C. Howell; 13. Marriage contracts, liturgies, and properties in Reformation Geneva John Witte, Jr; Index.

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• Authors: Philip L. Reynolds, Philip L. Witte Reynolds
• Assisted by: Philip L. Reynolds (Editor), Reynolds Philip L. (Editor), John Witte (Editor), John Jr. Witte (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107406278
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40627-8
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Sociology: family & relationships, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Sociology: family and relationships, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600