About this book
"Until the Middle Ages, a king could marry his first cousin, a priest could have a wife and several concubines, and a nobleman could banish a wife if she didn't produce a son. Marriage was an instrument of control in the hands of kings and noblemen, who used it to keep their power intact; to gain land, wealth, and authority; and to bind women to the partiarchal system".
Subjects
Catholic ChurchHistoryMarriageReligious aspectsReligious aspects of MarriageSocial historyHistoire socialeFamilieAspect religieuxHistoireHuwelijkGodsdienstMiddeleeuwenMedieval Marriage customs and ritesÉglise catholiqueMariage