{"product_id":"love-and-marriage-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780745614793","title":"Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745614793","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLove and Marriage in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorges Duby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745614793, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Georges Duby is one of the brightest stars in that sparkling galaxy of French historians which has lit up the historical writing of the later 20th century ... the book contains short expositions of many of his most brilliant insights.' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'There is little doubt that Duby is one of the most interesting and original historians at work in Europe today. This book is up to his usual high standards of scholarship, penetration and readability.' \u003ci\u003ePeter Burke, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Duby's vision is fascinating [and] compelling.' \u003ci\u003eEmma Hawkes, University of Western Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'It is difficult to think of any other historian who has been surrounded by so much respect and esteem.' \u003ci\u003eDouglas Johnson, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this volume, now available in paperback, Georges Duby addresses the themes of love and marriage in the middle ages and shows that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and from feudalism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSources and Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eAuthors Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Love and Marriage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Marriage in early medieval society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What do we know about love in twelfth-century France?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The matron and the mismarried woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. On courtly love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eLe Roman de la Rose.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Towards a history of women in France and Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Family Structures.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Family structures in the West during the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. An examination of aristocratic family structures in eleventh-century France in relation to State structures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Philip Augustus's France. Social changes in aristocratic circles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Culture, Values and Society.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Problems and methods in cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The history of value systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Renaissance of the twelfth century: audience and patronage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Observations of physical pain in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Memories without historians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Heresies and societies in pre-industrial Europe between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472111366424,"sku":"9780745614793","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745614793.jpg?v=1785717370","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/love-and-marriage-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780745614793","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}