Spouses, church, and state: marriage law in england and protestant germany from the reformation until the close of the nineteenth century
Auteur :
Lettmaier, Saskia
Éditeur :
Mohr Siebeck
ISBN :
9783161624933
Date de publication :
24 mars 2025
Dimensions :
23,2 x 15,5 x 2,9 cm
Poids :
774 g
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Saskia Lettmaier explores the greatest transformation to have occurred within the Western law of marriage in the last five hundred years: the shift from a unified marital order, created by a universal church and influenced by theological principles, to a non-unified marital order, created by separate states and influenced by secular principles.