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MEDIEVAL MARRIAGE
TWO MODELS FROM TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE |
| By: |
Georges Duby, Elborg Forster (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0801843197 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780801843198 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 1991 |
| Series: |
The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Duby presents a fascinating account of medieval marriage among the aristocracy of northern France, emphasizing the main features of their marriage strategies, the maintenance of the 'lineage, ' and the making of good marriages. -- Journal of Ecclesiastical History. The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History. |
| Synopsis: |
Eminent French social historian Georges Duby identifies the twelfth century as a crucial turning point in the development of the institution of marriage in Western civilization. His study of medieval marriage is a worthy successor to the exploration of social attitudes begun by Philippe Aries and continued by Fernand Braudel. |
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Johns Hopkins University Press |
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