Medieval marriage
Subtitle: symbolism and society
By: D. L. d'Avray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Marriage customs and rites, Medieval; Marriage customs and rites -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-309) and index