The Medieval Idea of Marriage

Offering an in-depth look at the nature of medieval marriage, Christopher Brooke surveys current approaches to the idea of marriage, exploring the practice and law of marriage, the cult of celibacy in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the relationship between marriage and architecture. He draws on a wide range of case studies and other sources, including the letters of Heloise and Abelard, the epics of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Chaucer's poetry.

List of illustrations
Preface
Prologue
The inheritance, Christian and Roman
The cult of celibacy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
The correspondence of Heloise and Abelard
The marriage of Heloise and Abelard
Marriage in law and practice
The use of literary evidence for the history of marriage: Wolfram von Eschenbach
The witness of Chaucer
Love and marriage in Shakespeare
The church porch: marriage and architecture
Towards a theology ofmarriage
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