Abduction, Marriage, and Consent in the Late Medieval Low Countries

The Middle Dutch term schaec referred to abduction with marital intent. This book explores this phenomenon to understand wider attitudes towards marriage-making in the fifteenth-century Low Countries. Whilst exchanging words of consent was all that was required legally, making marriage was a social...

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Main Author:	Delameillieure, Chanelle
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Subjects:	Abduction Consent (Law) European history European history: medieval period, middle ages family History History and Archaeology History of gender history of law and justice History of sexuality History of women History: specific events and topics Marriage Nonfiction Psychology Psychology: sexual behaviour Social and cultural history Social and ethical issues social history Society and culture: general Society and Social Sciences Women Women's Studies
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