Research Catalog

Title

Marriage, the church, and its judges in Renaissance Venice, 1420-1545 / Cecilia Cristellon ; translated by Celeste McNamara.

Author

Cristellon, Cecilia

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

McNamara, Celeste

Description

xvii, 286 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This book investigates the actions of marriage tribunals by analyzing the richest source of marriage suits extant in Italy, those of the Venetian ecclesiastical tribunal, between 1420 and the opening of the Council of Trent. It offers a ... representative overview of the changes the Council introduced to centuries-old marriage practices, relegating it to the realm of marginality and deviance and nearly erasing the memory of it altogether. From the eleventh century onward, the Church assured itself of a jurisdictional monopoly over the matter of marriage, operating both in concert and in conflict with secular authorities by virtue of marriage's civil consequences, the first of which regarded the legitimacy of children. Secular tribunals were responsible for patrimonial matters between spouses, though the Church at times inserted itself into these matters either directly, by substituting itself for the secular authority, or indirectly, by influencing Rulings through their own sentences. Lay magistratures, for their part, somewhat eroded the authority of ecclesiastical tribunals by continuing to exercise autonomous jurisdiction over marriage, especially regarding separation and crimes strictly connected to the nuptial bond and its definition, including adultery, bigamy, and rape"--Back cover.

Series Statement

Early modern history : society and culture

Uniform Title

• Carita e l'eros. English
• Early modern history (Palgrave (Firm))

Alternative Title

Carita e l'eros.

Subject

• Marriage (Canon law) > History > To 1500
• Marriage (Canon law) > History > 16th century
• Matrimonial actions > Italy > Venice > History > To 1500
• Matrimonial actions > Italy > Venice > History > 16th century
• Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Italian.

Contents

Introduction -- The Matrimonial Tribunal and the procedure in marriage litigations -- Witnesses and testimony -- The office of the judge : mediation, inquisition, confession -- "Maybe so" : marriage and consent in pre-Tridentine Venice -- Venetian "matrimoniallia" : a quantitative analysis (1420-1500) -- Conclusions.

Call Number

JFD 17-5316

ISBN

• 9783319387994
• 3319387995

LCCN

• 2016956492
• 9783319387994

OCLC

987648400

Author

Cristellon, Cecilia, author.

Title

Marriage, the church, and its judges in Renaissance Venice, 1420-1545 / Cecilia Cristellon ; translated by Celeste McNamara.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early modern history : society and culture

Early modern history (Palgrave (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index.

Language

Translated from the Italian.

Added Author

McNamara, Celeste, translator.

Other Standard Identifier

9783319387994

Research Call Number

JFD 17-5316