Women, Sex and Marriage in Early Modern Venice

Zusatztext 'Dr Hacke makes an important contribution to gender and legal studies and to church history... a significant contribution to methodology in gender studies! to early modern legal studies! to our understanding of the Church's post-Tridentine framing of marriage as a Christian institution! and to early modern Venetian society.' Church History Informationen zum Autor Daniela Hacke Klappentext This is the first book to investigate systematically the roles of Church and State in stabilising moral order after the Catholic Reform. It focuses on Venice, examining how civil and ecclesiastical courts dealt with conflicts related to marriage and sex, in an effort to enforce their vision of a morally ordered society. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to investigate systematically the roles of Church and State in stabilising moral order after the Catholic Reform. It focuses on Venice, examining how civil and ecclesiastical courts dealt with conflicts related to marriage and sex, in an effort to enforce their vision of a morally ordered society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Venice and its tribunals; The Church and marital disputes: Marital litigation and the patriarchal court; Generational conflicts; Marital discord; Sexuality, the body, and unstable masculinities; The state and crimes related to marriage: The sinful city; The threat to conjugal households: adultery and bigamy; Conclusion; Index.

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• Autori: Daniela Hacke, Daniela (Free University of Berlin Hacke, Daniela Alexandra Hacke, Dr. Daniela Alexandra Hacke
• Editore: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.11.2004
• EAN: 9780754607632
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0763-2
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: St. Andrews Studies in Reforma; St Andrews Studies in Reformation History; St. Andrews Studies in Reforma
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Vita di coppia, sessualità; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Sociology: family & relationships, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Sociology: family and relationships, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800