Marriage Litigation in the Western Church, 1215-1517

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. Mueller 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, Mueller addresses critical questions around the relationship between the church and medieval marriage, and what this reveals about both institutions.

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• Authors: M LLER WOLFGANG P., Wolfgang P. Muller, Wolfgang P. (Fordham University Muller, Wolfgang P. Müller
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781108845427
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84542-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; European History, LAW / Legal History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Legal History, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE