While marriages were supposed to be celebrated publicly by priests, in churches where the parties were known, many couples had reasons - among them parental dis

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This volume, consisting of seventeen studies by leading experts in the field, takes stock of recent work on the history and literary culture of the Jews in the

Wedded Wife is a feminist study of the institution of marriage and its history around the globe.

The first comprehensive exploration of women's multifaceted experiences of forced and consensual ravishment in medieval England.