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To have and to hold : marrying and its documentation in Western Christendom, 400--1600 / edited by Philip L. Reynolds, John Witte. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xv, 519 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marrying and its documentation in pre-modern Europe: consent, celebration, and property / Philiip L. Reynolds -- Marrying and its documentation in later Roman law / Judith Evans-Grubbs -- Marrying and the tabulae nuptiales in Roman North Africa from Tertullian to Augustine / David G. Hunter -- Dotal charters in the Frankish tradition / Philip L. Reynolds -- Marriage and diplomatics: five dower charters from the regions of Laon and Soisson, 1163-1181 / Laurent Morelle -- Marriage agreements from twelfth century Southern France / Cynthia Johnson -- Marriage contracts in medieval England / R.H. Helmholz -- Marriage contracts and the church courts of fourteenth century England / Frederik Pedersen -- Marrying and marriage litigation in medieval Ireland / Art Cosgrove -- Marriage contracts in medieval Iceland / Agnes S. Arnórsdóttir -- Contracting marriage in Renaissance Florence / Thomas Kuehm -- Marital property law as socio-cultural text: the case of late-medieval Douai / Martha C. Howell -- Marriage contracts, liturgies, and properties in Reformation Geneva / John Witte Jr.

This volume analyzes how, why, and when pre-modern Europeans documented their marriages.

ISBN: 0511295650 (electronic bk.) 9780511295652 (electronic bk.) 9780511296420 (electronic bk.) 0511296428 (electronic bk.) 9780511511769 (ebook) 0511511760 (ebook) 1280959576 9781280959578 (hardback) (hardback) (paperback)

Standard No.: 2475151

Publisher. No.: 2007. Cambridge University Press

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA709975 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013660789 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Marriage--History.
Marriage--History--Sources.
Marital property--History.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Marriage law--History.
Mariage--Histoire.
Mariage--Histoire--Sources.
Biens matrimoniaux--Histoire.
Mariage--Aspect religieux--Christianisme--Histoire.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Marriage.
Marital property.
Marriage.
Marriage law.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Sources.

LC Class. No.: HQ503 / .T6 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.8109182/10902