Much research has been done on medieval marriage in the last decades. However, few books have a pronouncedly comparative approach. This book discusses how much

Examines how late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases, and how this varied dramatically across Europe.

The first comprehensive exploration of women's multifaceted experiences of forced and consensual ravishment in medieval England.

This volume presents a new picture of marriage in medieval Poland. Based on the analysis of historical documents from the ecclesiastical courts of one of the ol

This book presents a broad overview of succession law, encompassing aspects of family law, testamentary law and legal history. It examines society and legal pra