Law, sex, and Christian society in medieval Europe /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
James A. Brundage.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxiv, 674 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes indexes.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-634).
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Law and Sex in the Ancient World; 2. Sex and the Law in Judaism and Early Christianity; 3. Sex and the Law in the Christian Empire, from Constantine to Justinian; 4. Law and Sex in Early Medieval Europe, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries; 5. The Era of Church Reform, Intellectual Revival, and Urbanization: 1176 -- 1140; 6. Sex and Marriage in the Decretum of Gratian; 7. Sexual Behavior and the Early Decretists, from Paucapalea to Huguccio, 1140 -- 1190.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Brundage's book is consistently learned, enormously useful, and frequently entertaining. It is the best we have on the relationships between theological norms, legal principles, and sexual practice."--Peter Iver Kaufman, Church History.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Law, sex, and Christian society in medieval Europe.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Law, Medieval-- History.
Sex and law-- Europe-- History.
Sex crimes-- Europe-- History.
Sex-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History.
Crimes sexuels-- Europe-- Histoire.
Droit médiéval-- Histoire.
Sexualité-- Aspect religieux-- Christianisme-- Histoire.
Sexualité et droit-- Europe-- Histoire.
Canoniek recht.
Crimes sexuels-- Europe-- histoire.
Droit médiéval-- histoire.
LAW-- Health.
Law, Medieval.
Seksualiteit.
Sex and law.
Sex crimes.
Sex-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
Sexualité-- aspects religieux-- Christianisme-- histoire.