Marriage, the church, and its judges in renaissance Venice, 1420-1545. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Carita e l'eros.
• Further Information: Note: Cecilia Cristellon ; translated by Celeste McNamara.
• Authors: Cristellon, Cecilia
• Other Names: McNamara, Celeste translator.
• Contents: 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 Testimony1 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-ƯTridentine 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 PadovaArchivio 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 262; History; Marriage (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500; Marriage (Canon law) -- History -- 16th century; Trials -- Italy -- Venice -- History; HISTORY -- Civilization; HISTORY -- Essays; HISTORY -- Reference; HISTORY -- Social History; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology; Manners and customs; Marriage (Canon law); Trials; History -- Europe -- Italy; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Law -- Legal History; European history; Religious issues & debates; Legal history; Social & cultural history; Religion and sociology; Social history; History -- Europe -- General; Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs; Italy -- Venice; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319388007; 3319388002
• Related ISBNs: 9783319387994; 3319387995
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 31, 2017).
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