The medieval idea of marriage / Christopher N.L. Brooke
1994, 1st reissue as Clarendon. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #419481
Physical description; (xviii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates). Notes; Reprint of 1989 edition. Includes bibliography (p. 287-312) and index. Contents; Approaches -- The inheritance, Christian and Roman -- The cult of celibacy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- The correspondence of Heloise and Abelard -- The marriage of Heloise and Abelard -- Marriage in law and practice -- The use of literary evidence for the history of marriage: Wolfram Von Eschenbach -- The witness of Chaucer -- Love and marriage in Shakespeare -- The church porch: marriage and architecture -- Towards a theology of marriage. Subjects; Wolfram von Eschenbach 1170-1220. Geschichte 500-1500. Marriage History. Marriage Religious aspects Christianity History. Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. Marriage History. Marriage Religious aspects Christianity History. Sociology & Social History. Marriage Religious aspects Christianity History. Marriage; Europe; 500-1500. Marriage history - references and sources.
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