{"product_id":"marriage-in-europe-1400-1800-hardback-9781442637504","title":"Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800 (Hardback) 9781442637504","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMarriage in Europe, 1400-1800\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\"\u003eSilvana Seidel Menchi (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442637504\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.3 cm, 0.79 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\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Excellent collection… Highly recommended.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - M.E. Wiesner-Hanks (Choice Magazine vol 54:07:2017) \u003cp\u003e\"The diversity of the studies is one of the great strengths of the book. The mosaic-like portrayal of marriage and the variety of methods used by writers from eight different historiographical cultures and ten different schools offer inspiration for future research.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Dalma Bódai, Eötvös Loránd University (The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol xlix, no 2, Summer 2018) \u003cp\u003e\"The single chapters in \u003ci\u003eMarriage in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e draw on a wide range of material and offer deep analysis of sources. The authors carefully balance prescriptive sources with documents of practice that shed light on the lived experience of pre-modern marriage…\u003ci\u003eMarriage in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e unequivocally establishes that marriage has a history and anyone interested in this history should refer first to this volume.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Liise Lehtsalu, University of East Anglia (European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 no 4, 2018) \u003cp\u003e\"Collectively, the articles in this volume cover immense ground geographically, temporally, ideologically, and religiously. There is, however, a firm foundation, a consistency of approach, and thematic guidelines that provide a clear articulation of marriage during this period of tumultuous change.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Jacqueline Murray, University of Guelph (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer '18) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMarriage in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book about marriage as a \u0026amp;#x2018;many-sided phenomenon\u0026amp;#x2019;. Its wide geographic scope, broad chronological investigation, and detailed examination of marriage illuminate the manifold complex rhythms that accompanied the institutionalization of marriage and its social practices.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Giovanna Benadusi, University of South Florida (Renaissance Quarterly, vol 72 no 2) \u003cp\u003e\"This volume offers a stimulating overview of marriage in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. This book is certainly very rich and useful not only to scholars, thanks to its comparative approach, but also to students, thanks to the clarity of its writing, the fascinating individual cases, and its broad perspective.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Raffaella Sarti, University of Urbino (\u003cem\u003eEarly Modern Women\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the extensive and underused body of legal records on marriage that exist in Europe’s ecclesiastical and secular archives,\u003cem\u003e Marriage in Europe, 1400–1800\u003c\/em\u003e examines the institution not just as it was theorized by jurists and theologians, but as it was lived in reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA comparative history that examines England, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Low Countries, and Sweden, this volume features the extensive and meticulous research of twelve leading international experts in the field. Their essays make use of material from thirty-one European archives, as well as a range of canons and decretals, poems, letters, novels, and treatises, to offer a history of marriage, both Catholic and Protestant. Edited by Silvana Seidel Menchi, this collection is an essential resource for those interested in the history of marriage in Christian Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  Silvana Seidel Menchi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  Silvana Seidel Menchi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection I: Continuity and Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Legal Background: European Marriage Law from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e  Charles Donahue Jr. (Harvard Law School)\u003cbr\u003e  2. Marriage in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Moral, Legal and Political Order \u003cbr\u003e  Heide Wunder (University of Kassel)\u003cbr\u003e  3. Marriage in Italy \u003cbr\u003e  Daniela Lombardi (University of Pisa)\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Legal Regulation of Marriage in England: From the Fifteenth Century to the 1640s \u003cbr\u003e  Richard H. Helmholz (University of Chicago Law School)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection II: Licit and Illicit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. Marriage Formation: Law and Custom in the Low Countries 1500-1700 \u003cbr\u003e  Manon van der Heijden (University of Leiden)\u003cbr\u003e  6. Competing Logics of Public Order: Matrimony and the Fight against Illicit Sexuality in Germany and Switzerland from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e  Susanna Burghartz (University of Basel)\u003cbr\u003e  7. Marriage and Love in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Spain \u003cbr\u003e  JesÚs M. UsunÁriz (University of Navarra)\u003cbr\u003e  8. Marriage in Sweden 1400–1700: Formalism, Collectivism and Control \u003cbr\u003e  Mia Korpiola (University of Helsinski)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection III: Uniformity and Singularity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  9. Marriage in France from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Political and Juridical Aspects \u003cbr\u003e  Anne Lefebvre-Teillard (University of Paris Law School)\u003cbr\u003e  10. Mixed Marriages in Early Modern Europe \u003cbr\u003e  Cecilia Cristellon (University of Frankfurt)\u003cbr\u003e  11. Conjugal Experiments in Europe 1400–1800\u003cbr\u003e  Silvana Seidel Menchi (University of Pisa)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Silvana Seidel Menchi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e  Subject Index\u003cbr\u003e  Index of Historical Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735314493720,"sku":"9781442637504","price":48.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/marriage-in-europe-1400-1800-hardback-9781442637504","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}