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Cover 1 Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900–1300 4 Copyright 5 Preface 6 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 List of Abbreviations 12 Introduction 14 THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE 19 THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DEBATE SINCE GEORGES DUBY 28 SOURCES 31 THEMES AND ARGUMENT 33 CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 37 PART I: GETTING MARRIED 40 1: Making of Marriage 42 PARENTS AND KIN 45 The Landed Elite 45 Urban Society 56 Peasants 62 KINGS AND LORDS 65 ELOPEMENT AND ABDUCTION 70 CONCLUSION 74 2: Wedding Celebrations 76 ELITE WEDDINGS 77 LOWER-STATUS WEDDINGS 87 ‘MANTLE’ CEREMONIES 90 WEDDING RINGS 93 CONCLUSION 95 PART II: MARRIED LIFE 98 3: Sexuality and Love 100 SEX AND MARRIED COUPLES 101 BEDS AND BEDROOMS 116 LOVE AND AFFECTION 121 CONCLUSION 134 4: Authority and Collaboration 136 THE HUSBAND’S AUTHORITY AND WIFELY ADVICE 137 MARITAL VIOLENCE 144 COLLABORATION AND SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES 146 CONCLUSION 152 5: End of Marriage and Remarriage 154 ENDING AND BEGINNING AGAIN 156 REMARRIED LIFE AND SEXUALITY 168 CHILDREN AND STEPCHILDREN 174 CONCLUSION 181 6: Clerical Marriages 183 PARMA AND PARIS 186 RHETORIC AND DOMESTICITY 191 THE CLERGY’S PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR MARRIED LIVES 204 CONCLUSION 211 PART III

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Author

Elisabeth van Houts;

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction