Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2537
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): McSheffrey , Shannon.
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  • Title: Place, Space, and Situation: Public and Private in the Making of Marriage in Late Medieval London [The author argues that marriage in fourteenth century London was a process that moved through a series of well-recognized steps with increasing publicity. Situations that we moderns would characterize as private (e.g. exchange of consent in the bride's h
  • Source: Speculum 79, 4 (October 2004): Pages 960 - 990.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Consent Courts of Law, Ecclesiastical London Marriage Marriage- Clandestine Private Sphere and Public Sphere Public Space Taverns Witnesses
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
  • Primary Evidence: Legal Document; 1) London, London Metropolitan Archives, MS DL/C/205, Deposition Book from the Consistory Court of the Diocese of London, 1467-1476.2) London, Guildhall Library, MSS 9065 and 9065B, Deposition Book from the Consistory Court of the Diocese of London, 1487-
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  • Author's Affiliation: Concordia University, Montreal
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  • Year of Publication: 2004.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00387134