| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Medieval Law and Its Practice |
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Medieval law and its practice.
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| Contents |
Introduction : regional variations and harmonization in medieval matrimonial law / Mia Korpiola -- E pluribus unum : custom, the professionalization of medieval law and regional variations in marriage formation / James A. Brundage -- The regional origins of theories about marital consent and consummation during the twelfth century / Philip L. Reynolds -- Separation and marital property in late medieval England and the Franco-Belgian region / Monique Vleeschouwers-Van Melkebeek -- Widows, property, and law in Lithuania and some other countries / Jurgita Kunsmanaite -- Images of marriage : a comparison of law, custom and practice in medieval Europe / Anthony Musson -- A regional cluster : Italian secular laws on abduction, forced and clandestine marriage (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) / Trevor Dean -- Forfeiting the marriage portion : punishing female adultery in the secular courts of England and Italy / Caroline Dunn -- Marriage disputes in the consistorial court of freising in the -- Late Middle Ages / Kirsi Salonen -- Marriage causes in late medieval Sweden : the evidence of Bishop Hans Brask's register (1522-27) / Mia Korpiola -- The marriage process in the light of family correspondence : a comparative perspective on the Swedish evidence / Anu Lahtinen -- Rituals before tribunals in renaissance Italy : continuity and change, 1400-1600 / Cecilia Cristellon and Silvana Seidel Menchi -- Conclusion : comparative approaches to marriage in the later Middle Ages / Charles Donahue, Jr |
| Summary |
The book approaches medieval marriage law and custom from a comparative perspective. Although concentrating on source material from one region, some articles discuss the regionality and universality of matrimonial practices and norms. Others compare several regions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Marriage law -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Marriage law -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
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Customary law -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Customary law -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Customary law
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Marriage law
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Korpiola, Mia.
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| LC no. |
2011034531 |
| ISBN |
9789004210486 |
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9004210482 |
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9789004211438 |
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9004211438 |
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1283365960 |
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9781283365963 |
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9786613365965 |
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6613365963 |
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