Marriage in Medieval Poland

A Study of Evidence from the Poznań Consistory Court, 1404–1428

Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-70715-3 (ISBN)

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This book is the first English-language publication analyzing marriage in medieval Poland. It presents the range of marital problems that plagued society in the first quarter of the 15th century.

This volume presents a new picture of marriage in medieval Poland. Based on the analysis of historical documents from the ecclesiastical courts of one of the oldest dioceses in Poland, this book sheds light on the presence and prevalence of a wide range of marital problems in the Diocese of Poznań in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. Through the material presented, the voices of one of the most underrepresented groups in the history of society – namely women from the lower social strata – are amplified.

Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek, Ph.D. (2007), Adam Mickiewicz University, is a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University and director of the Kornik Library Polish Academy of Sciences. She is also the author of Małżonkowie przed sądem biskupiego oficjała poznańskiego w pierwszej ćwierci XV wieku (IH AMU, Poznań 2018).

Acknowledgements

List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations

Introduction

1 Matrimony in Medieval Poland: A Historiographical Perspective

2 Records of the Consistory of Poznań: An Overview

3 Book Structure

4 Translation of Names and Conventions Used in This Volume

5 Polish Language

1 Marriage in the Middle Ages in Selected Church Documents

2 Consistory Courts in Poland: Their Emergence and Practice

3 The Scope of Litigation

4 The Validity of the Promise of Marriage

1 Cases about the Promise of Marriage

2 When Did a Vow Constitute Marriage?

3 Imposition of perpetuum silentium

5 Dishonour, Disgrace, Defilement (stuprum) and Loss of Virginity (defloratio)

6 Impediments to the Validity of Marriage

1 Bigamy

2 Sexual Impotence

3 Kinship

4 Coercion

7 Marital Violence

8 Adultery and Fornication

9 Children and the Consistory Court

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 94
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	633 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-70715-8 / 9004707158
ISBN-13	978-90-04-70715-3 / 9789004707153
Zustand	Neuware