HIST 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Real Marriage, Northleach, Billy Midwinter
11 Apr 2015
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Marriage in late medieval england: consent makes a marriage (idea of contract, both man and woman had to agree, no one else"s agreement required, marriage can take place anywhere, any time (no priest needed, marriage before god , marriage before man : two witnesses of legal age needed to prove a marriage, consumation not necessary, marriage, as a sacrament is indissoluble. One of the major aspects of marriage were worked out in the 12th and. During this period in general that the canon law that governed the courts. Marriage in medieval canon law (established in 12th-13th centuries) o o. Parents, lord, etc. don"t have to consent to this. No one else is involved in the actual legal making of the marriage. Contract in this time was oral and not written. Marriage can take place anywhere, any time (no priest needed)
