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Feb 14, 2020 · In this guest post, Anna Boeles Rowland and Chanelle Delameillieure explore love, consent, and marital disputes from the courts of medieval England and the Low Countries.
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Jun 6, 2013 · Each king is depicted in a tinted drawing, surrounded by symbols or events from his reign. The images of later kings are followed by genealogical tables or Latin verses about the monarch in question. Here are some examples of the ways that artists in the 14th century portrayed their rulers.
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- Having Sex Created A Legally Binding Marriage
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- You Didn't Need Witnesses
- Divorce Was Not An Option
- There Was No ‘Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace’
There were various ways in which a medieval couple could use words or actions to create a marriage. Consent to marry could be given verbally by ‘words of present consent’ – no specific phrase or formula was required. A ‘present consent’ marriage did not have to be consummated in order to count. However, if the couple had agreed to get married at so...
It is clear that there were misunderstandings. It could be difficult to know if a couple was married and they might even not agree themselves. The statutes issued by the English church in 1217–19 include a warning that no man should “place a ring of reeds or another material, vile or precious, on a young woman's hands in jest, so that he might more...
As God was the ultimate witness, it was not necessary to have a marriage witnessed by other people – though it was highly recommended to avoid any uncertainty. There was also a church service available, but it was not mandatory and the evidence suggests that only a minority married in church. Many of those couples were already legally married by wo...
Divorce as we understand it today did not exist. The only way to end a marriage was to prove it had not legally existed in the first place. Christians could only be married to one person at a time and it was also bigamy if someone bound to the church by a religious vow got married. As well as being single and vow-free, you also had to be marrying a...
Reading the ‘banns’ was introduced as part of the 1215 changes to try to flush out any impediments before a marriage took place. Nevertheless, until the Reformation there was no ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’. In the Middle Ages problems discovered or revealed after the marriage could have an enormous impact. For example, Joan of Kent (who ...
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Nov 11, 2015 · Medieval Women includes 100 colour illustrations from the British Library's extensive medieval manuscript collection, and gives detailed explanations of the depictions of the women in the images. Now, we can find out who the women in these images are, what their jobs were, and discover how they saw themselves.
Dec 30, 2015 · I have included a selection of Great Houses in the accompanying photographs. Rose Hall and Cardiff Hall are depicted in Hakewill’s “A picturesque Tour” and I have provided “Then and Now” photos of both houses which have been restored to near-perfection.
Aug 19, 2016 · The images that were used to promote Jamaica as a tourist destination at the end of the nineteenth century appear to draw on Agostino Brunias’ theme of representing black and mulatto women performing domestic tasks.
This chapter will trace the process of marriage making from courting to betrothal. 1 For the central Middle Ages there was much variety in the ways young couples met and parents conducted negotiations on their behalf. Most of the marriages were arranged for elite, landed, and upper urban society.
