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Medieval Marriage Symbolism and Society

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ISBN-10: 0198208219

ISBN-13: 9780198208211

Edition: 2005

Authors: David L. d'Avray

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Covering the whole medieval period but identifying the decades around 1200 as decisive, this study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people.
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List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/18/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Note on Transcriptions
Abbreviations
Introduction
Mass Communication
Preliminaries
The Early Middle Ages
Mass Communication in the Age of the Friars
The Message about Marriage
Indissolubility
From the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Empire
c.800-c.1200
The Age of Innocent III
Indissolubility in Practice
Bigamy
Bigamy and Becoming a Priest
The Marriage Ceremony
Clerics in Minor Orders
Consummation
Consummation and the Medieval Church's Idea of Sex
The Dissolution of the Unconsummated Marriage: From Hincmar to Alexander III
The Social Effects of Alexander III's Decision
Long-Term Developments
Conclusion
Documents
Marriage symbolism in the Bavarian Homiliary
Homily on the text 'Nuptiae factae sunt' (John 2:1) in the Bavarian Homiliary
Marriage symbolism in the Beaune Homiliary
Nonconformist variants in Hugues de Saint-Cher
Nonconformist variants in Jean de la Rochelle
Nonconformist variants in Pierre de Saint-Benoit
Nonconformist variants in Gerard de Mailly
Nonconformist variants in Guibert de Tournai
A sermon on marriage by Jean Halgrin d'Abbeville
A sermon on marriage by Konrad Holtnicker
A sermon on marriage by Servasanto da Faenza
A sermon on marriage by Aldobrandino da Toscanella (Schneyer no. 404)
A sermon on marriage by Aldobrandino da Toscanella (Schneyer no. 48)
Proof in 'forbidden degrees' cases: Hostiensis attacks laxity
Proof in 'forbidden degrees' cases: the rigorism of Hostiensis
Johannes de Deo, De dispensationibus, on bigamy
Innocent IV (Sinibaldo dei Fieschi) on Decretals of Gregory IX, X. 5. 9. 1: bigamy and loss of clerical status
Innocent IV (Sinibaldo dei Fieschi) on Decretals of Gregory IX, X. 1. 21. 5: the symbolic understanding of bigamy
Bull of Pope Alexander IV to the prelates of France
Bull of Pope Gregory X to King Philip III of France
Bull of Pope John XXII to King Philip V of France
Bull of Pope John XXII to King Charles IV of France
Questions on marriage in MS London, BL Royal II. A. XIV
Passage on bigamy in the Pupilla oculi of Johannes de Burgo
A 'bigamy' case from the gaol delivery rolls (6 June 1320)
The case of Five-Wife Francis, from the archive of the Apostolic Penitentiary
The case of Petrus Martorel, from the archive of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Consummation and its consequences in a canon-law commentary: a link to late medieval papal dissolutions of ratum non consummatum marriages
Ricardus de Mediavilla: marriage and entry into a religious order before consummation
Ricardus de Mediavilla on the marriage of Mary and Joseph
A consummation case in the papal registers (John XXII)
Consummation and indissolubility in the Oculus sacerdotis of William of Pagula
Johannes de Burgo on the marriage of Mary and Joseph
A case from the archive of the Apostolic Penitentiary: Constance of Padilla
Another non-consummation case from the archive of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts
General Index