TY - BOOK AU - Karras,Ruth Mazo TI - Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages T2 - The Middle Ages Series SN - 9780812206418 AV - HQ513 -- .K37 2012eb U1 - 306.84/1 PY - 2012/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Marriage-Europe-History-To 1500 KW - Marriage (Canon law)-History-To 1500 KW - Unmarried couples-Europe-History-To 1500 KW - Unmarried couples (Canon law)-History-To 1500 KW - Man-woman relationships-Europe-History-To 1500 KW - Mate selection-Europe-History-To 1500 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Marriage and Other Unions -- 1. The Church and the Regulation of Unions between Women and Men -- 2. Unequal Unions -- 3. Priests and Their Partners -- 4. On the Margins of Marriage -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments N2 - Traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Alternative forms of union could make lives precarious but also provided a degree of flexibility. The study draws on a wide geographical and chronological range of examples in order to illustrate local difference while bringing out broad patterns UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441935 ER -