Medieval Marriage : Symbolism and Society.

Medieval Marriage : Symbolism and Society.

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Author / Creator:	D'Avray, David.
Imprint:	Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (335 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Marriage customs and rites -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. Social sciences. Marriage customs and rites. Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. Social sciences. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146817

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ISBN:	9780191518751 0191518751
Notes:	Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: D'Avray, David. Medieval Marriage : Symbolism and Society. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2005 9780198208211

Table of Contents:

Contents; Note on Transcriptions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Mass Communication; 2. Indissolubility; 3. Bigamy; 4. Consummation; Conclusion; Documents; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.