Marriage in Medieval Poland

Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek, Ph.D. (2007), Adam Mickiewicz University, is a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University and director of the Kornik Library Polish Academy of Sciences. She is also the author of Małżonkowie przed sądem biskupiego oficjała poznańskiego w pierwszej ćwierci XV wieku (IH AMU, Poznań 2018).

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures and IllustrationsIntroduction1 Matrimony in Medieval Poland: A Historiographical Perspective2 Records of the Consistory of Poznań: An Overview3 Book Structure4 Translation of Names and Conventions Used in This Volume5 Polish Language1 Marriage in the Middle Ages in Selected Church Documents2 Consistory Courts in Poland: Their Emergence and Practice3 The Scope of Litigation4 The Validity of the Promise of Marriage1 Cases about the Promise of Marriage2 When Did a Vow Constitute Marriage?3 Imposition of perpetuum silentium5 Dishonour, Disgrace, Defilement (stuprum) and Loss of Virginity (defloratio)6 Impediments to the Validity of Marriage1 Bigamy2 Sexual Impotence3 Kinship4 Coercion7 Marital Violence8 Adultery and Fornication9 Children and the Consistory CourtConclusionsBibliographyIndex