Read Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History)

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History)

Elisabeth van Houts

4.9/5 (20559 ratings)

Description: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 the social and emotional life of the married couple rather than on the institutional history of marriage, breaking it into three parts: Getting Married - the process of getting married and wedding celebrations; Married Life - the married life of lay couples and clergy,their sexuality, and any remarriage; and Alternative Living - which explores concubinage and polygyny, as well as the single life in contrast to monogamous sexual unions.In this volume, van Houts deals with four central themes. First, the tension between patriarchal family strategies and the individual family member's freedom of choice to marry and, if so, to what partner; second, the role played by the married priesthood in their quest to have individual agency and self-determination accepted in their own lives in the face of the growing imposition of clerical celibacy; third, the role played by women in helping society accept some degree of gender equalityand self-determination to marry and in shaping the norms for married life incorporating these principles; fourth, the role played by emotion in the establishment of marriage and in married life at a time when sexual and spiritual love feature prominently in medieval literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History). To get started finding Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0192519743

Description: 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 the social and emotional life of the married couple rather than on the institutional history of marriage, breaking it into three parts: Getting Married - the process of getting married and wedding celebrations; Married Life - the married life of lay couples and clergy,their sexuality, and any remarriage; and Alternative Living - which explores concubinage and polygyny, as well as the single life in contrast to monogamous sexual unions.In this volume, van Houts deals with four central themes. First, the tension between patriarchal family strategies and the individual family member's freedom of choice to marry and, if so, to what partner; second, the role played by the married priesthood in their quest to have individual agency and self-determination accepted in their own lives in the face of the growing imposition of clerical celibacy; third, the role played by women in helping society accept some degree of gender equalityand self-determination to marry and in shaping the norms for married life incorporating these principles; fourth, the role played by emotion in the establishment of marriage and in married life at a time when sexual and spiritual love feature prominently in medieval literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History). To get started finding Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History)

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History)

More Books

Medieval Writings On Secular Women

Medieval Writings On Secular Women

Medieval Memories (Women and Men in History Series)

Medieval Memories (Women and Men in History Series)

Anglo-Norman Studies 38 by Elisabeth van Houts (2016-06-16)

Anglo-Norman Studies 38 by Elisabeth van Houts (2016-06-16)

Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200

Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200

The Warenne (Hyde) Chronicle (Oxford Medieval Texts)

The Warenne (Hyde) Chronicle (Oxford Medieval Texts)

The Normans in Europe (Manchester Medieval Sources)

The Normans in Europe (Manchester Medieval Sources)

Gender and Memory in Medieval Europe by Elisabeth Van Houts (1999-06-26)

Gender and Memory in Medieval Europe by Elisabeth Van Houts (1999-06-26)

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300

Exile in the Middle Ages (International Medieval Research Vol. 13)

Exile in the Middle Ages (International Medieval Research Vol. 13)