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1 online resource (xiii, 355 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"This analysis of royal marriage cases across seven centuries explains how and how far popes controlled royal entry into and exits from their marriages. In the period between c. 860 and 1600, the personal lives of kings became the business of the papacy. D'Avray explores the rationale for papal involvement in royal marriages and uses them to analyse the structure of church-state relations. The marital problems of the Carolingian Lothar II, of English kings--John, Henry III, and Henry VIII--and other monarchs, especially Spanish and French, up to Henri IV of France and La Reine Margot, have their place in this exploration of how canon law came to constrain pragmatic political manoeuvring within a system increasingly rationalised from the mid-thirteenth century on. Using documents presented in the author's Dissolving Royal Marriages, the argument brings out hidden connections between legal formality, annulments, and dispensations, at the highest social level"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
A Gallican forerunner -- Concepts -- Polygyny -- Emotional persuasion in a public sphere : Nicholas I and Lothar -- Canon law subverts itself -- Due process -- Biological kinship -- Spiritual kinship -- Impotence and magic -- Pre-puberty marriage -- Physical impotence -- Adult non-consummation and pre-contract -- Henry VIII's biblical bid -- Reception of dispensation : plaisance and Henri IV -- Diverging trends : annulments and dispensations -- Annulments and dispensations : two theological rationalities -- Dispensations and their diplomatic -- Ten theses and an argument -- Documents -- Index of manuscripts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Europe -- History.
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Marriages of royalty and nobility. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Kings and rulers. |
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Biographies.
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Marriage -- Europe -- Religious aspects -- History.
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Marriage. |
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Marriage -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Church and state -- Europe -- History.
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Church and state. |
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Papacy -- History.
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Papacy. |
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Canon law -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Canon law. |
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Social aspects. |
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 476-1492.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
476-1492 |
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1492-1648.
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| Chronological Term |
1492-1648 |
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Europe -- Religious life and customs.
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Royal houses -- Europe -- History.
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Royal houses. |
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Divorce -- Europe -- History.
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Divorce. |
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476-1648 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Marriage. |
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: D'Avray, D.L. Papacy, monarchy and marriage, 860-1600 9781107062535 (DLC) 2015001682 (OCoLC)896863257 |
| ISBN |
9781316319383 (electronic book) |
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1316319385 (electronic book) |
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9781107477155 (electronic book) |
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1107477158 (electronic book) |
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9781316332764 |
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1316332764 |
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9781316329429 |
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1316329429 |
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9781107062535 |
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1107062535 (hardback) |
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9781107660625 (paperback) |
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1107660629 |
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