CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Georgescu, Agatha-Cristiana |
|---|---|
| Title | Seduction, Negotiation (and Marriage?): Breaches of Marriage Promises in Late Medieval Records from Southern England |
| Summary | This research focuses on the study of Ecclesiastical and Secular records concerning breaches of marriage promises in Late Medieval Southern England, focusing on the cases in which took part plaintiffs and defendants originating predominantly from the dioceses of cathedral towns, focusing primarily on those belonging to a low social strata. Although similar records have been studied, including some of those mentioned above, the current study wishes to encompass a closer analysis of a broad range of cases connected to the breach of contract that marriage is. The main finds are organized in a manner meant to be following closely the factors influencing the negotiations between the couple: emotion, morality, materiality and spirituality. Coming closely in importance are the negotiations for authority and the differences in jurisdiction over the matters of marital bonds between the secular and the ecclesiastical powers, which the current thesis wishes to offer a glimpse of. |
| Supervisor | Gerhard Jaritz |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/georgescu_agatha.pdf |
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