{"product_id":"marriage-sex-and-civic-culture-in-late-medieval-london-the-middle-ages-series-9780812239386","title":"Marriage Sex and Civic Culture in Late Medieval","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb book, not only in terms of its sympathy with the evidence and concern for context but in showing us that our knowledge of how the church courts interacted with society must be based on more local case-studies of this kind.\" * \u003ci\u003eEHR\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. LAW AND SOCIAL PRACTICE IN THE MAKING OF MARRIAGE IN LATE MEDIEVAL LONDON\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Making a Marriage\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Courtship and Gender\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. By the Father's Will and the Friends' Counsel\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Gender, Power, and the Logistics of Marital Litigation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Place, Space, and Respectability\u003cbr\u003e PART II. GOVERNANCE, SEX, AND CIVIC MORALITY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Governance\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Gender, Sex, and Reputation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Sex, Marriage, and Medieval Concepts of the Public\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Legal Sources\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405712859479,"sku":"9780812239386","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812239386.jpg?v=1730493369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marriage-sex-and-civic-culture-in-late-medieval-london-the-middle-ages-series-9780812239386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}