Marriage
Rachel Stone
As already indicated, marriage, alongside warfare, was one of the key markers defining lay status in Carolingian period, while both clerics and monks were expected to abstain from all sexual activity. The marital norms for laity therefore distinctive, but behaviour not solely a ‘private’ matter be decided within patriarchal familia. social role marriage throughout western history meant that rulers recurrently legislated on topic related issues, church’s interest sexuality developed an early date. first Frankish synods under control, 740s 750s, concerned regulate these aspects life. In this chapter will analysed, Chapter 9 deals with inside outside marriage. Although there is some overlap between two topics, especially wide-ranging concept ‘incest’ (discussed below), such separation can help clarify reformers’ priorities.
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