Spiritual Marriage
Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock
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1995
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01088-5 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01088-5 (ISBN)
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The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage. This title traces the history of spiritual marriage in the West from apostolic times.
The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage and in the understanding of female religiosity. Drawing on hagiography, chronicles, theology, canon law, and pastoral sources, Dyan Elliott traces the history of spiritual marriage in the West from apostolic times to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage and in the understanding of female religiosity. Drawing on hagiography, chronicles, theology, canon law, and pastoral sources, Dyan Elliott traces the history of spiritual marriage in the West from apostolic times to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Dyan Elliott is Assistant Professor of History and Adjunct of Women's Studies at Indiana University.
AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction31"A Place in the Middle": Intramarital Chastity as Theoretical Embarrassment and Provocation162Spiritual Marriage as Insoluble Problem or Universal Nostrum?513Eleventh-Century Boundaries: The Spirit of Reform and the Cult of the Virgin King944The Conjugal Debt and Vows of Chastity: The Theoretical and Pastoral Discourse of the High and Later Middle Ages1325Spiritual Marriage and the Penitential Ethos1956Virgin Wives266Conclusion297Appendixes303Select Bibliography321Index355
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.11.1995 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-01088-9 / 0691010889 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-01088-5 / 9780691010885 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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