The knight, the lady, and the priest
the making of modern marriage in medieval France
1st American ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Natalie Zemon Davis - Introduction
- Barbara Bray - Translator
Publication
1983 - Pantheon Books, New York, NY, England
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveknightladypriest0000duby_m6y9
- ISBN-100394524454
- ISBN-139780394524450
- Goodreads3651557
- LibraryThing9762
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- Library of Congress Control Number83004000
- Library of Congress Control Number86040310
- OCLC Control Number9324995
- Open LibraryOL21095029M
Classifications
- LCCHQ623'D8313'1983
- LCCHQ623 .D8313 1983
Description
"Until the Middle Ages, a king could marry his first cousin, a priest could have a wife and several concubines, and a nobleman could banish a wife if she didn't produce a son. Marriage was an instrument of control in the hands of kings and noblemen, who used it to keep their power intact; to gain land, wealth, and authority; and to bind women to the partiarchal system".
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