Medieval marriage : symbolism and society / D.L. d'Avray.
D'Avray, D. L.
2005
GT2680 .D38 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Medieval marriage : symbolism and society / D.L. d'Avray.
Author
D'Avray, D. L.
ISBN
9780199239788 paperback
0199239789 paperback
9780198208211 hardcover
0198208219 hardcover
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
xi, 322 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
GT2680 .D38 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
392.509/02
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." "The book is based on a wide range of manuscript sources: sermons, canon law commentaries, Apostolic Penitentiary registers, papal bulls, a gaol delivery roll, and pastoral handbooks. The collection of documents at the end of the book expands the source base for the history of medieval marriage generally as well as underpinning the thesis about symbolism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-309) and indexes.
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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. 800-1200
The age of Innocent III
Indissolubility in practice
Bigamy and becoming a priest
The marriage ceremony
Clerics in minor orders
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
Documents.

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