Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London /

Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London / / Shannon McSheffrey.

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Awarded honorable mention for the 2007 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize sponsored by the Canadian Historical AssociationHow were marital and sexual relationships woven into the fabric of late medieval society, and what form did these relationships take? Using extensive documentary evidence from both the ec...

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McSheffrey, Shannon,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2006
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. LAW AND SOCIAL PRACTICE IN THE MAKING OF MARRIAGE IN LATE MEDIEVAL LONDON
  • 1. Making a Marriage
  • 2. Courtship and Gender
  • 3. By the Father's Will and the Friends' Counsel
  • 4. Gender, Power, and the Logistics of Marital Litigation
  • 5. Place, Space, and Respectability
  • PART II. GOVERNANCE, SEX, AND CIVIC MORALITY
  • 6. Governance
  • 7. Gender, Sex, and Reputation
  • Conclusion: Sex, Marriage, and Medieval Concepts of the Public
  • Appendix: Legal Sources
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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