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• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• File Size : 22,6 Mb
• Release Date : 15 June 1996

The author argues that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and feudalism - both bastions of masculinity - as he presents his interpretation of women,

• Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
• File Size : 49,9 Mb
• Release Date : 01 May 1995

Depositions (or testimony) in marriage cases brought before fifteenth-century English church courts reveal the attitudes and feelings of medieval people towards the marital bond.

• Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
• File Size : 52,7 Mb
• Release Date : 09 May 2024

"A great virtue of this reader is the length of its selections--not just snippets, but long enough portions for students to get a real sense of how the text works."

• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• File Size : 45,9 Mb
• Release Date : 09 May 1994

Examining the poetry and practice of courtly love and the mores of aristocratic marriages, Duby shows the Middle Ages to be male-dominated. Women were regarded as symbols, as figures of

• Publisher : Brepols Publishers
• File Size : 53,5 Mb
• Release Date : 09 May 2024

This volume addresses the current fashion for research on the family and domesticity in the past. It draws together work from various disciplines - historical, art-historical and literary - with

• Publisher : State University of New York Press
• File Size : 38,7 Mb
• Release Date : 22 January 1991

In this volume a variety of perspectives reevaluate the nature of friendship, desire, and the olde daunce of love in the Middle Ages. Challenging earlier scholarly notions about medieval marriage,

• Publisher : Psychology Press
• File Size : 32,8 Mb
• Release Date : 09 May 2024

Including many texts available for the first time in modern English translation, Conor McCarthy brings together a wide array of writings as well as informative introductions and explanations, to give

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 54,7 Mb
• Release Date : 31 January 2019

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 contains an analysis of the experience of married life by men and women in Christian medieval Europe, c. 900-1300. The study focusses on

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 28 October 2013

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

• Publisher : Columbia University Press
• File Size : 54,9 Mb
• Release Date : 09 May 1990

The social system of 'courtly love' soon spread after becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the twelfth century. This book codifies life at Queen Eleanor's court at