| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 519 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Marrying and its documentation in pre-modern Europe: consent, celebration, and property / Philiip L. Reynolds -- Marrying and its documentation in later Roman law / Judith Evans-Grubbs -- Marrying and the tabulae nuptiales in Roman North Africa from Tertullian to Augustine / David G. Hunter -- Dotal charters in the Frankish tradition / Philip L. Reynolds -- Marriage and diplomatics: five dower charters from the regions of Laon and Soisson, 1163-1181 / Laurent Morelle -- Marriage agreements from twelfth century Southern France / Cynthia Johnson -- Marriage contracts in medieval England / R.H. Helmholz -- Marriage contracts and the church courts of fourteenth century England / Frederik Pedersen -- Marrying and marriage litigation in medieval Ireland / Art Cosgrove -- Marriage contracts in medieval Iceland / Agnes S. Arnórsdóttir -- Contracting marriage in Renaissance Florence / Thomas Kuehm -- Marital property law as socio-cultural text: the case of late-medieval Douai / Martha C. Howell -- Marriage contracts, liturgies, and properties in Reformation Geneva / John Witte Jr |
| Summary |
This volume analyzes how, why, and when pre-modern Europeans documented their marriages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marriage -- History
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Marriage -- History -- Sources
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Marital property -- History
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Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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Marriage law -- History
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Marriage.
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Marital property
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Marriage
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Marriage law
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Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reynolds, Philip Lyndon, 1950-
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Witte, John, Jr., 1959-
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| ISBN |
0511295650 |
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9780511295652 |
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9780511296420 |
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0511296428 |
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9780511511769 |
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0511511760 |
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1280959576 |
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9781280959578 |
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