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- Title
Emmanuelle Santinelli-Foltz, Couples et conjugalité au haut Moyen Âge (VIe–XIIe siècles). (Collection haut Moyen Âge, vol. 43.) Turnhout, Brepols 2022.
- Authors
Harder, Clara
- Abstract
The study "Couples and Conjugal Life in the Early Middle Ages (6th-12th centuries)" by Emmanuelle Santinelli-Foltz examines couple relationships in the Early Middle Ages. The author focuses not on marriage, but on the existence as a couple and various forms of cohabitation. The study is based on anthropological approaches and is limited to the Frankish Empire or the West Frankish Empire/France. The author analyzes sources from the 6th to the 12th century and concludes that monogamous cohabitation was the dominant form of relationship. The work thus challenges the notion of monogamous marriage as the central form of relationship and invites further discussions.
- Subjects
FRANCE; COUPLES et conjugalite au haut Moyen Age VIe-XIIe siecles (Book); MARRIAGE; SANTINELLI-Foltz, Emmanuelle; ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE Ages; SOCIAL sciences education; UNMARRIED couples; COUPLES; NONFICTION; IMPERIALISM
- Publication
Historische Zeitschrift, 2023, Vol 317, Issue 3, p716
- ISSN
0018-2613
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1515/hzhz-2023-1344