1st Edition
Abduction, Marriage, and Consent in the Late Medieval Low Countries
By Chanelle Delameillieure
Copyright 2024
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
The Middle Dutch term schaec referred to abduction with marital intent. This book explores this phenomenon to understand wider attitudes towards marriage-making in the fifteenth-century Low Countries. Whilst exchanging words of consent was all that was required legally, making marriage was a social process that evoked public concern and familial scrutiny. Abductions embodied contrasting... Read more
Introduction, I. Perks and Perils of Being an Heiress, II. Abduction's Who, How, and Why? III. Consent in and out of the Courtroom, IV. What Authorities Did to Help, Conclusion
Biography
Chanelle Delameillieure researches late medieval gender and family history with a focus on marriage, sexuality and the social history of the law. She is a tenure track professor of medieval history at KU Leuven.
