Two Weddings and a Lawsuit: Marriage Litigation in Fourteenth-Century Portugal
Based on one of the few surviving records of marriage cases brought before ecclesiastical courts in fourteenth-century Portugal, this article offers a rare glimpse of marriage practice in a small village in a remote corner of Western Europe and the complex ties that bound its inhabitants and which s...
| Publié dans: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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| Dans: |
The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Diözese Évora
/ Mariage
/ Litige
/ Bigamie
/ Histoire 1369-1370
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| RelBib Classification: | KAF Moyen Âge tardif KBH Péninsule Ibérique KDB Église catholique romaine NCF Éthique sexuelle XA Droit |
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| Résumé: | Based on one of the few surviving records of marriage cases brought before ecclesiastical courts in fourteenth-century Portugal, this article offers a rare glimpse of marriage practice in a small village in a remote corner of Western Europe and the complex ties that bound its inhabitants and which secular and ecclesiastical authorities sought to regulate. Clear parallels can be drawn with the patterns of marriage litigation observed in England and Northern France, but evidence also suggests that royal legislation played an important part in the resolution of marital disputes and in the shaping of conjugal behaviour. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046915003346 |