Marriage in Medieval Poland

Magdalena Biniaś-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 Małżonkowie przed sądem biskupiego oficjała poznańskiego w pierwszej ćwierci XV wieku (IH AMU, Poznań 2018).

Acknowledgements


List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations





Introduction


 1 Matrimony in Medieval Poland: A Historiographical Perspective


 2 Records of the Consistory of Poznań: 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