Bigamy and Christian identity in late medieval Champagne

Bigamy and Christian identity in late medieval Champagne /

The institution of marriage is commonly thought to have fallen into crisis in late medieval northern France. While prior scholarship has identified the pervasiveness of clandestine marriage as the cause, Sara McDougall contends that the pressure came overwhelmingly from the prevalence of remarriage...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDougall, Sara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Marriage (Canon law) > History > To 1500.
Marriage > France > Champagne-Ardenne > History > To 1500.
Bigamy (Canon law) > History > To 1500.
Bigamy > France > Champagne-Ardenne > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Bigamy
Bigamy (Canon law)
Marriage
Marriage (Canon law)
France > Champagne-Ardenne
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Marriage and Remarriage in the Later Middle Ages
  • Chapter 2. Bigamous Husbands
  • Chapter 3. Abandoned Wives
  • Chapter 4. Why Commit Bigamy?
  • Chapter 5. Why Prosecute Bigamy?
  • Conclusion: Christian Identity at the End of the Middle Ages
  • Appendix: Selected Transcriptions from a Register of the Officiality of Troyes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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