| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 291 pages) |
| Series |
The Middle Ages series |
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Middle Ages series
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Making a Marriage -- 2. Courtship and Gender -- 3. By the Father's Will and the Friends' Counsel -- 4. Gender, Power, and the Logistics of Marital Litigation -- 5. Place, Space, and Respectability -- 6. Governance -- 7. Gender, Sex, and Reputation -- Conclusion: Sex, Marriage, and Medieval Concepts of the Public -- Appendix: Legal Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Marriage -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500
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Marriage law -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500
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Sex and law -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Manners and customs.
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Marriage.
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Marriage law.
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Sex and law.
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Eherecht
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Moral
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Sexualität
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Huwelijk.
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Seksuele betrekkingen.
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Kerkelijk huwelijksrecht.
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Moraal.
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078220
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| Subject |
England -- London.
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London
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Londen.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812203974 |
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0812203976 |
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0812239385 |
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9780812239386 |
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