Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800

Published by University of Toronto Press 2016

Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800

Edited by: Silvana Seidel Menchi

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442625488

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About this book

Marriage in Europe, 1400–1800 examines the institution not just as it was theorized by jurists and theologians, but as it was lived in reality.

Author information

MenchiSilvana Seidel:

Silvana Seidel Menchi is a professor emerita in the Department of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Pisa.

Reviews

Liise Lehtsalu, University of East Anglia:

"The single chapters in Marriage in Europe draw on a wide range of material and offer deep analysis of sources. The authors carefully balance prescriptive sources with documents of practice that shed light on the lived experience of pre-modern marriage…Marriage in Europe unequivocally establishes that marriage has a history and anyone interested in this history should refer first to this volume."

Dalma Bódai, Eötvös Loránd University:

"The diversity of the studies is one of the great strengths of the book. The mosaic-like portrayal of marriage and the variety of methods used by writers from eight different historiographical cultures and ten different schools offer inspiration for future research."

Jacqueline Murray, University of Guelph:

"Collectively, the articles in this volume cover immense ground geographically, temporally, ideologically, and religiously. There is, however, a firm foundation, a consistency of approach, and thematic guidelines that provide a clear articulation of marriage during this period of tumultuous change."

Giovanna Benadusi, University of South Florida:

"Marriage in Europe is an important book about marriage as a ‘many-sided phenomenon’. Its wide geographic scope, broad chronological investigation, and detailed examination of marriage illuminate the manifold complex rhythms that accompanied the institutionalization of marriage and its social practices."

M.E. Wiesner-Hanks:

‘Excellent collection… Highly recommended.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Editor’s Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Silvana Seidel Menchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Silvana Seidel Menchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
SECTION I. Continuity and Change
Chapter 1. The Legal Background: European Marriage Law from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century Charles Donahue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 2. Marriage in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Moral, Legal, and Political Order Heide Wunder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 3. Marriage in Italy Daniela Lombardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 4. The Legal Regulation of Marriage in England: From the Fifteenth Century to the 1640s Richard H. Helmholz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
SECTION II. Licit and Illicit
Chapter 5. Marriage Formation: Law and Custom in the Low Countries 1500–1700 Manon Van Der Heijden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter 6. Competing Logics of Public Order: Matrimony and the Fight against Illicit Sexuality in Germany and Switzerland from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century Susanna Burghartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Chapter 7. Marriage and Love in Sixteenthand Seventeenth-Century Spain Jesús M. Usunáriz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter 8 Marriage in Sweden 1400–1700: Formalism, Collectivism, and Control Mia Korpiola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
SECTION III. Uniformity and Singularity
Chapter 9. Marriage in France from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Political and Juridical Aspects Anne Lefebvre-Teillard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Chapter 10. Mixed Marriages in Early Modern Europe Cecilia Cristellon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
Chapter 11. Conjugal Experiments in Europe 1400–1800 Silvana Seidel Menchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
Conclusion Silvana Seidel Menchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Bibliography and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 424
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7

eBook

Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9781442625488