Medieval marriage : symbolism and society /

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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 p...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
D'Avray, D. L.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Zusammenfassung:
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. In marriage preaching symbolism was central. Marriage symbolism also became a social force through law, and laybehind the combination of monogamy and indissolubility which made the medieval Church's marriage system a unique development in
Umfang:
1 online resource (335 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Erratum inserted.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-309) and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-923978-9
1-280-75344-7
9786610753444
0-19-151875-1
1-4237-5305-4
Schlagworte:
Marriage customs and rites, Medieval.
Marriage customs and rites > Europe > History > To 1500.
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