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Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 contains an analysis of the experience of married life by men and women in Christian medieval Europe, c. 900-1300. The study focusses on the social and emotional life of the married couple rather than on the institutional history of marriage, breaking it int...

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Main Author: Van Houts, Elisabeth M. C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Oxford studies in medieval European history.
Subjects:
Marriage > Europe > History > To 1500.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Europe > Social life and customs.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492.
Europe > Mœurs et coutumes.
Europe > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1492.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Manners and customs
Marriage
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity
Social conditions
Europe
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Getting Married. 1. Making of Marriage
  • 2. Wedding Celebrations
  • Part II. Married Life. 3. Sexuality and Love
  • 4. Authority and Collaboration
  • 5. End of Marriage and Remarriage
  • 6. Clerical Marriages
  • Part III. Alternative Living
  • 7. Living with One or More Partners
  • 8. Single Life
  • Conclusion.