Women, Marriage, and Family in Medieval Christendom

Essays in Memory of Michael M. Sheehan, C.S.B.

Edited by Constance M. Rousseau Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal

Book cover: Women, Marriage, and Family in Medieval Christendom

Extent: 451 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Studies in Medieval Culture

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(January 1999)

ISBN: 9781879288669

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $99.00

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Hardback (Published)

(January 1999)

ISBN: 9781879288652

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $39.95

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The eleven essays offered in Women, Marriage, and Family in Medieval Christendom reflect the spirit and originality of Father Michael M. Sheehan, for whom the volume was collected. The essays consider three thematic categories that were dominant in most of Sheehan’s own scholarly work: the role, position, and contributions of medieval women; the development of Christian marriage, especially in the High Middle Ages; and the secular family with its legal and emotional relationships. A close reading of the papers, particularly those concerned with the themes of marriage and the family, reveal what we can designate as the Sheehan school of social history. The collection expands on several of Sheehan’s research areas, and while it shows a considerable interest in medieval England, it does not disregard the Continent. The volume is a worthy tribute to Sheehan and will be of great interest to students of social and legal history, women’s history, the development of marriage, and the idea of the family.

Preface by Joel T. Rosenthal Introduction by Constance M. RousseauIn Memoriam Michael Sheehan - A Personal Profile by a Friend by Walter H. Principe, C.S.B. The Interdisciplinary Context of a Career by J. Ambrose Raftis, C.S.B. Women Bede's Women by David A. E. Pelteret Dominae or Dominatae? Female Mysticism and the Trauma of Textuality by Dyan Elliott Salisbury Women and the Pre-Elizabethan Parish by Audrey DouglasMarriage Individualism and Consensual Marriage: Some Evidence from Medieval England by Jacqueline Murray I will never have none ayenst my faders will: Consent and the Making of Marriage in the Late Medieval Diocese of London by Shannon McSheffrey Maritalis affectio: Marital Affection and Property in Fourteenth-Century York Cause Papers by Frederik Pedersen Husband and Wife in Criminal Proceedings in Medieval England by Margaret H. KerrFamily The Cultural Construction of Childhood: Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation by Kathryn Ann Taglia Que nos in infancia lactauit: The Impact of Childhood Care-givers on Plantagenet Family Relationships in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries by John Carmi Parsons Kinship Ties, Behavioral Norms, and Family Counseling in the Pontificate of Innocent III by Constance M. Rousseau The Curteys Women In Chancery: The Legacy of Henry and Rye Browne by Timothy S. Haskett, Preface by Joel T. Rosenthal
Introduction by Constance M. Rousseau

In Memoriam
Michael Sheehan - A Personal Profile by a Friend by Walter H. Principe, C.S.B.
The Interdisciplinary Context of a Career by J. Ambrose Raftis, C.S.B.

Women
Bede’s Women by David A. E. Pelteret
Dominae or Dominatae? Female Mysticism and the Trauma of Textuality by Dyan Elliott
Salisbury Women and the Pre-Elizabethan Parish by Audrey Douglas

Marriage
Individualism and Consensual Marriage: Some Evidence from Medieval England by Jacqueline Murray
"I will never have none ayenst my faders will": Consent and the Making of Marriage in the Late Medieval Diocese of London by Shannon McSheffrey
"Maritalis affectio": Marital Affection and Property in Fourteenth-Century York Cause Papers by Frederik Pedersen
Husband and Wife in Criminal Proceedings in Medieval England by Margaret H. Kerr

Family
The Cultural Construction of Childhood: Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation by Kathryn Ann Taglia
"Que nos in infancia lactauit": The Impact of Childhood Care-givers on Plantagenet Family Relationships in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries by John Carmi Parsons
Kinship Ties, Behavioral Norms, and Family Counseling in the Pontificate of Innocent III by Constance M. Rousseau
The Curteys Women In Chancery: The Legacy of Henry and Rye Browne by Timothy S. Haskett

  • Edited by Constance M. Rousseau
  • Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal