Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1633
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dübeck , Inger.
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  • Title: Women, Weddings, and Concubines in Medieval Danish Law [The author surveys the existing laws for medieval Denmark both from customary law and canon law. Dübeck concludes that the Church had a more flexible interpretation. For example, concubinage relations were judged, to the woman’s benefit, as marriages after three years. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Scandinavian Journal of History 17, 4 ( 1992): Pages 315 - 322.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Canon Law Concubines Denmark Law Marriage Sexuality
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 13- 14- 15- 16
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  • Author's Affiliation: Aarhus University
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03468755