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Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage

Title
Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage / Kathryn Jacobs.
Author
Jacobs, Kathryn Elisabeth, 1957-
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2001.

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Book/TextUse in library PR275.M3 J33 2001Off-site

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Description
viii, 181 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
  • Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
  • 1100-1600
  • English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
  • Marriage in literature
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism
  • Marriage customs and rites in literature
  • Prenuptial agreements in literature
  • Adultery in literature
  • Widows in literature
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
  • English literature > Middle English
  • Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
  • Ehevertrag
  • Englisch
  • Literatur
  • Geschichte 1140-1753
  • England
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Marriage contracts through the centuries -- Rewriting the marriage contract: adultery in the Canterbury tales -- Marriage ceremonies and property in the Canterbury tales -- Extramarital contracts in the Canterbury tales -- The legacy of the marriage contract: Chaucer's widows -- Entr' acte: when the law changed -- Under stress: the marriage contracts in the mystery cycles, and the trailing spouse -- Unlawful unions on the renaissance stage -- Remarrying widows on the renaissance stage.
ISBN
  • 0813021022
  • 9780813021027
LCCN
00053663
OCLC
  • ocm45413538
  • 45413538
  • SCSB-1247766
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library