The  knight, the lady, and the priest
Subtitle: the making of modern marriage in medieval France
By: Georges Duby ; translated by Barbara Bray
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng; fre
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Marriage -- France -- History.
Description: "Until the Middle Ages, a king could marry his first cousin, a priest could have a wife and several concubines, and a nobleman could banish a wife if she didn't produce a son. Marriage was an instrument of control in the hands of kings and noblemen, who used it to keep their power intact; to gain land, wealth, and authority; and to bind women to the partiarchal system".
Notes: Translation of: Le chevalier, la femme et le prêtre.

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