Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9241
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Resnick , Irven M.
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  • Title: Marriage in Medieval Culture: Consent Theory and the Case of Joseph and Mary [The author argues that the Church emphasized the importance of consent in order to remove marriage from the control of the laity; yet in order to prove consent practical, theologians came around to conjugal relations as a sure sign of consent].
  • Source: Church History 69, 2 (June 2000): Pages 350 - 371.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Canon Law Chastity Consent Joseph, Saint Marriage Mary, Virgin, Saint Sexuality Spiritual Marriage Theology
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 11-12
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00096407