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  • Record Number: 16896
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Laiou , Angeliki E.
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  • Title: Consensus facit nuptias--Et non: Pope Nicholas I's "Responsa" to the Bulgarians as a Source for Byzantine Marriage Customs [The author examines Pope Nicholas I's response to questions from the newly converted czar of Bulgaria. Byzantine missionaries had told the czar about their beliefs and practices. The Latin papal text gives evidence for Byzantine marriage customs including a greater emphasis on a church ceremony than in the West and a discouragement of remarriage. The Appendix presents the Latin text of Chapter Three from the "Response to the Bulgarians" which deals with marriage. The article was originally published in Rechtshistorisches Journal 4 (1985): 189-201. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Gender, Society, and Economic Life in Byzantium.Angeliki E. LaiouVariorum Collected Studies Series.  Ashgate, 1992.  Pages 189 - 201. Earlier published in Studies in Church History 27 (1990): 53-78.
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  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Bulgaria Byzantium Latin Literature Marriage Nicholas I, Pope- Responsa ad Consulta Bulgarorum Orthodox Eastern Church Popes
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Europe;Eastern Mediterranean;Italy
  • Century: 9
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English;Latin
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0860783227