TY - BOOK ID - 86188261 TI - Marriage litigation in the Western Church, 1215-1517 PY - 2021 SN - 1108955819 1108962440 1108962645 1108845428 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Matrimonial actions KW - Matrimonial actions (Canon law) KW - History KW - Canon law KW - Matrimonial causes KW - Matrimonial suits KW - Actions and defenses KW - Civil procedure KW - Marriage law KW - Law, Marriage KW - Marriage KW - Domestic relations KW - Sex and law KW - Husband and wife KW - Law and legislation KW - Prohibited degrees UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86188261 AB - From the establishment of a coherent doctrine on sacramental marriage to the eve of the Reformation, late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases in a variety of ways. Ranging widely across Western Europe, including the Upper and Lower Rhine regions, England, Italy, Catalonia, and Castile, this study explores the stark discrepancies in practice between the North of Europe and the South. Wolfgang P. Müller draws attention to the existence of public penitential proceedings in the North and their absence in the South, and explains the difference in demand, as well as highlighting variations in how individuals obtained written documentation of their marital status. Integrating legal and theological perspectives on marriage with late medieval social history, Müller addresses critical questions around the relationship between the church and medieval marriage, and what this reveals about both institutions. ER -