Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London

Name: Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London
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ISBN: 9780812239386

ISBN-10: 0812239385

ISBN-13: 9780812239386

Edition: 2006

Authors: Shannon McSheffrey, Ruth Mazo Karras

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How were marital and sexual relationships woven into the fabric of late medieval society and what form did these relationships take? Marriage was a religious union--one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and imbued with deep spiritual significance--but the marital unit of husband and wife was also the fundamental domestic, social, political, and economic unit of medieval society. As such, marriage created political alliances at all levels from the arena of international politics to local neighborhoods. Sexual relationships outside marriage were even more complicated. McSheffrey looks more broadly at sex, governance, and civic morality to show how medieval patriarchy extended a…

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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 7/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Introduction



Law and Social Practice in the Making of Marriage in Late Medieval London



Making a Marriage



Courtship and Gender



By the Father's Will and the Friends' Counsel



Gender, Power, and the Logistics of Marital Litigation



Place, Space, and Respectability



Governance, Sex, and Civic Morality



Governance



Gender, Sex, and Reputation


Conclusion: Sex, Marriage, and Medieval Concepts of the Public



Legal Sources


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Acknowledgments