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Love, Marriage and Family Ties in the Middle Ages (IMR) (International Medieval Research)

By I. Davis , M. Muller , S. Rees Jones

Book information

Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9782503522074, 2503522076
LCC
HQ513 .I58 2003
Open Library ID
OL3770729M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11160311 bytes)
Series
IMR International Medieval Research
Edition
2nd edition
Pages
353\353
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

This volume addresses the current fashion for research on the family and domesticity in the past. It draws together work from various disciplines - historical, art-historical and literary - with their very different source materials and from a broad geographical area, including some countries - such as Croatia and Poland - which are not usually considered in standard text books on the medieval family. This volume considers the various affective relationships within and around the family and the manner in which those relationships were regulated and ritualized in more public arenas. Despite their disparate approaches and geographical spread, these essays share many thematic concerns; the ideologies which structured gender roles, inheritance rights, incest law and the ethics of domestic violence, for example, are all considered here. This collection originates from the Leeds IMC in 2001 when the special strand was entitled Domus and Familia and attracted huge participation. This book aims to reflect that richness and variety whilst contributing to an expanding area of historical enquiry.

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