History 2149A/B Lecture 3: Reading Lecture 3 History
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Primary reading shannon mcsheffery"s secondary source paper of a medieval divorce case. Between two working class individuals as well as an elite medieval religious women"s efforts to. First primary source church court york 14th centruy. I(cid:374) this o(cid:374)e the(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:272)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e thei(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t forced, which is different than the second one below. The marriage is now seen as a contract not as a duty. A witness, john gamesby, was called to tell of his presence at the marriage of john waryngton and. Margaret barker said the marriage vows in the presence of john bown cordwainer of york, his wife and servant. W should be thrown in jail and the witness advised against it and to first talk with john and see if he wanted margaret as his wife. John bown then asked john w and margaret if john w had known her carnally and if he would have her as his (cid:449)ife.