Married life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Houts, Elisabeth M. C. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Oxford studies in medieval European history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE; THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DEBATE SINCE GEORGES DUBY; SOURCES; THEMES AND ARGUMENT; CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY; PART I: GETTING MARRIED; 1: Making of Marriage; PARENTS AND KIN; The Landed Elite; Urban Society; Peasants; KINGS AND LORDS; ELOPEMENT AND ABDUCTION; CONCLUSION; 2: Wedding Celebrations; ELITE WEDDINGS; LOWER-STATUS WEDDINGS; 'MANTLE' CEREMONIES; WEDDING RINGS; CONCLUSION; PART II: MARRIED LIFE; 3: Sexuality and Love
  • SEX AND MARRIED COUPLESBEDS AND BEDROOMS; LOVE AND AFFECTION; CONCLUSION; 4: Authority and Collaboration; THE HUSBAND'S AUTHORITY AND WIFELY ADVICE; MARITAL VIOLENCE; COLLABORATION AND SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES; CONCLUSION; 5: End of Marriage and Remarriage; ENDING AND BEGINNING AGAIN; REMARRIED LIFE AND SEXUALITY; CHILDREN AND STEPCHILDREN; CONCLUSION; 6: Clerical Marriages; PARMA AND PARIS; RHETORIC AND DOMESTICITY; THE CLERGY'S PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR MARRIED LIVES; CONCLUSION; PART III: ALTERNATIVE LIVING; 7: Living with One or More Partners; ELITE POLYGYNY; LIVING TOGETHER
  • JEWISH AND MUSLIM RELATIONSHIPSCONCLUSION; 8: Single Life; AGENCY AND CONSENT FOR ENTRY INTO MONASTIC LIFE; SINGLE WOMEN; SINGLE MEN; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; Bibliography; SOURCES; SOURCE COLLECTIONS; SECONDARY LITERATURE; UNPUBLISHED THESES; Index