Dissolving royal marriages a documentary history 860-1600
D.L. D'Avray
- Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press c2014
- xii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-306)
In a chronological and geographical study of royal divorce cases from the MIddle Ages through to the reformation, D'Avary offers a truly comparative perspective on elite divorce, tracing its evolution overtime, and providing original translations of documents which illuminate the canon law arguments on which the cases were built.
9781107643994
Marriage of royalty and nobility--History Royal houses--Europe--History Divorce--Europe--History Europe--Kings and rules Europe--Politics and government