By Consent Alone

Name: By Consent Alone
Brand: University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press

By Consent AloneMarriage Law and German Romance, 1186-1210\nAuthor(s): Jonathan Seelye Martin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487560140, 978-1487560140\nSynopsis\nThe twelfth and early thirteenth centuries saw some of the most important changes to marriage laws in European history, the foremost being the decision of the Catholic Church to recognize consent as an overriding requirement for marriage. Though this revolutionary position promised far greater personal freedom and individual autonomy, these promises went largely unfulfilled.\n\n By Consent Alone explores the developing laws of marriage in this period through the lens of the \""case\"" (Kasus), a short narrative form that asks its audience to judge the new laws against the larger ideology of free consent. The book compares literary depictions of romance and marriage in seven canonical German romances with cases in the historical record, focus.