Complex sentence: For much of the relevant period church courts dealt with marital matters, and ecclesiastical law recognised two forms of handfasting, "sponsalia per verba de praesenti" and "sponsalia per verba de futuro".
Split into simpler sentences: For much of the relevant period church courts dealt with marital matters. Ecclesiastical law recognised two forms of handfasting, "sponsalia per verba de praesenti" and "sponsalia per verba de futuro".