Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Contributors

pp.：  7 – 8

List of Illustrations

pp.：  9 – 10

Chapter One Introduction: Regional Variations and Harmonization in Medieval Matrimonial Law

pp.：  11 – 30

Chapter Two E pluribus unum: Custom, the Professionalization of Medieval Law, and Regional Variations in Marriage Formation

pp.：  31 – 52

Chapter Three The Regional Origins of Theories about Marital Consent and Consummation during the Twelfth Century

pp.：  53 – 86

Chapter Four Separation and Marital Property in Late Medieval England and the Franco-Belgian Region

pp.：  87 – 108

Chapter Five Widows, Property, and Law in Lithuania and Some Other Countries

pp.：  109 – 126

Chapter Six Images of Marriage: A Comparison of Law, Custom, and Practice in Medieval Europe

pp.：  127 – 156

Chapter Seven A Regional Cluster? Italian Secular Laws on Abduction, Forced and Clandestine Marriage (Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries)

pp.：  157 – 170

Chapter Eight Forfeiting the Marriage Portion: Punishing Female Adultery in the Secular Courts of England and Italy

pp.：  171 – 198

Chapter Nine Marriage Disputes in the Consistorial Court of Freising in the Late Middle Ages

pp.：  199 – 220

Chapter Ten Marriage Causes in Late Medieval Sweden: The Evidence of Bishop Hans Brask’s Register (1522–27)

pp.：  221 – 260

Chapter Eleven The Marriage Process in the Light of Family Correspondence: A Comparative Perspective on the Swedish Evidence

pp.：  261 – 284

Chapter Twelve Rituals before Tribunals in Renaissance Italy: Continuity and Change, 1400–1600

pp.：  285 – 298

Chapter Thirteen Conclusion: Comparative Approaches to Marriage in the Later Middle Ages

pp.：  299 – 326

Index

pp.：  327 – 334