Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)

If you read historical romance, this is a good background book about actual relations between couples in the time period.

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I also found it amazing how many supposed marriages for life weren't and honestly, divorce or the equivalent was just as prevalent then as it is now. Ironically in English history, Henry VIII's take-over of the English church to get his own divor Another really good look and various types of unions in the middle ages and how they were similar and different from our own today. Ironically in English history, Henry VIII's take-over of the English church to get his own divorce pretty much messed up divorce for everybody else who came after. However the words for the day with this book would be "Annulment" and "Non-contract" and depending on your family was and how much power you had determined who had to stay married, who did not count as married and who could get out of a bad marriage if they wanted to and interestingly it wasn't always the men who won or tried to get out of it.

Nov 08, Kourtney rated it it was amazing Shelves: Karras delves into the world of sexual relationships in the medieval ages in which people did not marry. I found this really interesting and easy to read. Also it is a topic that I did not know a whole lot about but I felt she did a good job in informing the reader about the topic. Tiffany Sprecher rated it it was amazing Jul 19, Sara Ann rated it it was amazing Oct 16, Lily S rated it liked it Dec 21, Brian Watson rated it it was amazing Dec 16, Tanya rated it it was amazing Aug 02, Elizabeth Pleck rated it it was amazing Jan 09, Maxine rated it really liked it Jun 14, Highlyeccentric rated it really liked it Apr 05, Kiri Alvarado rated it it was amazing Feb 29, Nettie Garmon rated it liked it Nov 04, Linnea Hartsuyker rated it it was amazing Feb 11, Corina Lozano rated it really liked it Oct 26, Jana Byars rated it it was amazing Jan 08, Thomas Harvell-DeGolier rated it really liked it May 29, Emily Peebles rated it really liked it May 08, Wendy rated it it was ok May 02, Stephanie added it May 22, Melanie Gomez marked it as to-read Jul 06, Wendyb marked it as to-read Jul 24, Laurie marked it as to-read Jul 24, Jan marked it as to-read Sep 15, Lilly Braun marked it as to-read Oct 22, Susan marked it as to-read Oct 31, John marked it as to-read Jan 11, Melisende d'Outremer marked it as to-read Jan 11, Jenny added it Jan 11, Oana marked it as to-read Jan 11, David Santiuste marked it as to-read Jan 12, Plantagenista marked it as to-read Jan 12, Emilie marked it as to-read Jan 12, Kira marked it as to-read Jan 13, Vis Insita marked it as to-read Jan 14, Separate different tags with a comma.

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Check copyright status Cite this Title Unmarriages: Marriage Canon law -- History -- To Unmarried couples -- Europe -- History -- To Unmarried couples Canon law -- History -- To Man-woman relationships -- Europe -- History -- To Mate selection -- Europe -- History -- To Contents Machine generated contents note: Priests and Their Partners 4.

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