Medieval Marriage: Symbolism and Society

by David d'Avray

Book Overview

This study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. It covers the whole medieval period but identifies the decades around 1200 as decisive. New arguments for regarding preaching as a mass medium from the thirteenth century are presented, building on the author's Medieval Marriage Sermons. In marriage preaching symbolism was central. Marriage symbolism also became a social force...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199239789
• ISBN13: 9780199239788
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"