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About the work. The book titled "LAW, SEX & CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE" (ISBN 9780226077840) explores the intricate intersections of law, sexuality, and religious life across medieval European societies, revealing how courts, clergy, and communities negotiated norms and power. Its significance lies in weaving legal precedent, ecclesiastical doctrine, and everyday practice into a nuanced portrait of Christian culture in transition.

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The volume examines how legal codes, canon law, and church courts regulated sexual conduct, marriage, and family life, while also considering lay responses, popular beliefs, and gendered power dynamics. It analyzes archival sources, case studies, and cross-cultural comparisons to illuminate the ways doctrine and doctrine-in-use shaped social behavior, governance, and identity in medieval Europe. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the book reveals the tensions between idealized Christian ideals and the lived realities of individuals and communities.

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About the authors. While the author is listed as Unknown, the work stands on the shoulders of scholars who specialize in medieval legal history, church law, and social anthropology of religion. The contributors synthesize expertise in canon law, secular jurisprudence, and textual criticism to offer a coherent narrative about how law and sexuality were constructed and contested within Christian society. Their collective scholarship provides a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach that supports a deeper understanding of medieval life and belief.

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In brief, the book reveals how law and sexuality were inseparable from Christian authority and social order in medieval Europe, shaping lives, institutions, and cultural memory.

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Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe James A. Brundage Author

About the work

About the work. The book titled "LAW, SEX & CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE" (ISBN 9780226077840) explores the intricate intersections of law, sexuality, and religious life across medieval European societies, revealing how courts, clergy, and communities negotiated norms and power. Its significance lies in weaving legal precedent, ecclesiastical doctrine, and everyday practice into a nuanced portrait of Christian culture in transition.

Summary

The volume examines how legal codes, canon law, and church courts regulated sexual conduct, marriage, and family life, while also considering lay responses, popular beliefs, and gendered power dynamics. It analyzes archival sources, case studies, and cross-cultural comparisons to illuminate the ways doctrine and doctrine-in-use shaped social behavior, governance, and identity in medieval Europe. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the book reveals the tensions between idealized Christian ideals and the lived realities of individuals and communities.

About the authors

About the authors. While the author is listed as Unknown, the work stands on the shoulders of scholars who specialize in medieval legal history, church law, and social anthropology of religion. The contributors synthesize expertise in canon law, secular jurisprudence, and textual criticism to offer a coherent narrative about how law and sexuality were constructed and contested within Christian society. Their collective scholarship provides a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach that supports a deeper understanding of medieval life and belief.

In brief

In brief, the book reveals how law and sexuality were inseparable from Christian authority and social order in medieval Europe, shaping lives, institutions, and cultural memory.

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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780226077840
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0226077845
Paperback
Publishing year: 1990
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Core >1 >T
698 Pages
Weight: 0,957 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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Book found last time on 2026-01-27T10:46:03+00:00 (London)
ISBN/EAN: 0226077845

ISBN - alternate spelling:
0-226-07784-5, 978-0-226-07784-0
Alternate spelling and related search-keywords:
Book author: brundage james, canon law society
Book title: medieval europe, law sex, christian and europe, law society, self society medieval


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