Marriage in Medieval Poland

A Study of Evidence from the Poznań Consistory Court, 1404-1428
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70715-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 94, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

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 Based on the analysis of historical documents from the ecclesiastical courts of one of the oldest dioceses in Poland, this book sheds light on the presence and prevalence of a wide range of marital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 Poznan 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Binia&

Binias-Szkopek, Magdalena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations

Introduction

1 Matrimony in Medieval Poland: A Historiographical Perspective

2 Records of the Consistory of Poznan: 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

Über Autor(innen)

Magdalena Binias-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 Malzonkowie przed sadem biskupiego oficjala poznanskiego w pierwszej cwierci XV wieku (IH AMU, Poznan 2018).