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1 online resource (335 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Contents; Note on Transcriptions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Mass Communication; 2. Indissolubility; 3. Bigamy; 4. Consummation; Conclusion; Documents; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index. |
| Summary |
This study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. It covers the whole medieval period but identifies the decades around 1200 as decisive. New arguments for regarding preaching as a mass medium from the thirteenth century are presented, building on the author's Medieval Marriage Sermons. In marriage preaching symbolism was central. Marriage symbolism also became a social force through law, and laybehind the combination of monogamy and indissolubility which made the medieval Church's marriage system a unique development in. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marriage customs and rites -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Marriage customs and rites. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Marriage customs and rites, Medieval.
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Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. |
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Social sciences.
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Social sciences. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: D'Avray, David. Medieval Marriage : Symbolism and Society. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2005 9780198208211 |
| ISBN |
9780191518751 (electronic book) |
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0191518751 (electronic book) |
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