Spinsterhood, Women and Litigiousness in the daily Life of the Early Modern Period. Around the Marriage Vows

Authors

  • Margarita Torremocha Hernández Universidad de Valladolid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4147_47_8

Keywords:

Single state; Woman; Wedding words; Social History

Abstract

The practice of ‘giving word of marriage’ survived in Castilian society after the regulation of the sacrament of Matrimony at the Council of Trent. Ecclesiastical and ordinary Royal Courts resolved situations in which one of the two involved refused to fulfil that promise. Through a lawyer’s autobiography, in a micro history exercise, we can see how relationships between unmarried people, forced the lifes of men and women at the time of getting married.

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Published

2018-04-24

Issue

Vol. 47 (2016)

Section

Artigos

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