Marriage, the church, and its judges in Renaissance Venice, 1420-1545
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Matrimonial Tribunal and the Procedure in Marriage Litigations -- 1 Composition of the Tribunal and the Parties in a Cause -- 2 The Petition -- 3 The Citation -- 4 Contumacy -- 5 Postponements -- 6 Exceptio...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Springer International Publishing
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Cristellon, Cecilia, Marriage, the church, and its judges in Renaissance Venice, 1420-1545] (2020) (Temmerman, Ray)
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| Series/Journal: | Early Modern History: Society and Culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Social History
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| Summary: | Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Matrimonial Tribunal and the Procedure in Marriage Litigations -- 1 Composition of the Tribunal and the Parties in a Cause -- 2 The Petition -- 3 The Citation -- 4 Contumacy -- 5 Postponements -- 6 Exceptions -- 7 The Formal Joinder of Issue: The litis contestatio -- 8 The Positions -- 9 The Proof -- 9.1 The Confession -- 9.2 Testimonial Proof -- 9.3 The Oath -- 9.4 Clues and Presumptions, or Nuptial Customs in the Tribunal -- 10 The Sentence -- 11 The Appeal -- 12 The Execution of the Sentence -- 13 The Summary Procedure -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Witnesses and Testimony -- 1 The Deposition and Report -- 2 The Witnesses' Oaths -- 3 The Formation of Testimony -- 4 Perjury: An Open Question -- 5 The Burden of Testimony -- 5.1 Credibility of Witnesses -- 5.2 Witness Credibility and the Parameters of Collective Morality -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Office of the Judge: Mediation, Inquisition, Confession -- 1 The Office of the Judge -- 2 Mediation -- 2.1 "Favor Matrimonii" -- 2.2 Freedom of Consent: Suits for Betrothals -- 2.3 Social Mediation -- 3 Inquisition -- 4 Confession -- 4.1 The Judge as Confessor -- 5 From Confessor to Judge -- 6 Confessors "in Place of the Judge" (in vice iudicis) -- 7 Judges and Women -- 7.1 Attack on Parental Authority -- 7.2 Introspection and Appeals to Conscience -- 7.3 Empowerment -- 8 From the Conscience of the Judges to the Conscience of the Women: The Oath -- 8.1 Fear of the Sacred: Instruments of Dissuasion and Means of Legitimation -- Notes -- Chapter 5: "Maybe so": Marriage and Consent in Pre-Tridentine Venice -- 1 "Consent Makes Marriage" (Consensus facit nuptias) -- 2 The Expression of Consent -- 3 "The Bond Between Man and Woman That Cannot Be Dissolved Except by Death" -- 4 From Plural Marriage to Polygamy 5 Separation Between a Private Fact and "the Gravest Thing" (res gravissima) -- 6 Conditions and Errors -- 6.1 Virginity and Fidelity -- 6.2 Dowry Promises -- 6.3 Mistaken Identity -- 6.4 "Error of Condition" (error conditionis) -- 7 The Age of Consent -- 8 Consent and Parental Coercion -- 8.1 "I Wanted to Take Whomever My Father Gave Me" -- 8.2 "Fearful Marriage" -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Venetian "Matrimonialia": A Quantitative Analysis (1420-1500) -- Classification -- Sentences -- Classification -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Conclusions -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Manuscript Sources -- Archivio Storico del Patriarcato di Venezia -- Archivio della Curia Vescovile di Padova -- Archivio Storico della Curia Vescovile di Verona -- Archivio di Stato di Venezia -- Archivio dell'Istituto di Ricovero eEducazione,Venezia -- Archivio Segreto Vaticano -- Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze -- Print Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (295 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319388007 |
