Regional Variations in Matrimonial Law and Custom in Europe, 1150-1600

Mia Korpiola, LL.D. (2004) in Legal History, University of Helsinki, is Reader (Docent) in Legal History and Research fellow (HCAS). She has published many articles on medieval and early modern marriage in addition to Between Betrothal and Bedding (Brill, 2009).

List of Contributors ... vii
List of Illustrations ... ix

1. Introduction: Regional Variations and Harmonization in Medieval Matrimonial Law ... 1
*Mia Korpiola
2. E pluribus unum: Custom, the Professionalization of Medieval Law, and Regional Variations in Marriage Formation ... 21
*James A. Brundage
3. The Regional Origins of Theories about Marital Consent and Consummation during the Twelfth Century ... 43
*Philip L. Reynolds
4. Separation and Marital Property in Late Medieval England and the Franco-Belgian Region ... 77
*Monique Vleeschouwers-Van Melkebeek
5. Widows, Property, and Law in Lithuania and Some Other Countries ... 99
*Jurgita Kunsmanaitė
6. Images of Marriage: A Comparison of Law, Custom, and Practice in Medieval Europe ... 117
*Anthony Musson
7. A Regional Cluster? Italian Secular Laws on Abduction, Forced and Clandestine Marriage (Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries) ... 147
*Trevor Dean
8. Forfeiting the Marriage Portion: Punishing Female Adultery in the Secular Courts of England and Italy ... 161
*Caroline Dunn
9. Marriage Disputes in the Consistorial Court of Freising in the Late Middle Ages ... 189
*Kirsi Salonen
10. Marriage Causes in Late Medieval Sweden: The Evidence of Bishop Hans Brask’s Register (1522–27) ... 211
*Mia Korpiola
11. The Marriage Process in the Light of Family Correspondence: A Comparative Perspective on the Swedish Evidence ... 251
*Anu Lahtinen
12. Rituals before Tribunals in Renaissance Italy: Continuity and Change, 1400–1600 ... 275
*Cecilia Cristellon and Silvana Seidel Menchi
13. Conclusion: Comparative Approaches to Marriage in the Later Middle Ages ... 289
*Charles Donahue, Jr.

Index ... 317