Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Literary Marriage Cases vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Marriage and Courtly Romance 1
6. Part One: Cases about Consent
7. 1 Consent Makes Marriage 17
8. 2 Coerced Consent 40
9. 3 When Consent Is Not Enough 69
10. Part Two: Cases after Consent
11. 4 The Husband’s Right to Punish 99
12. 5 Let No Man Separate: Divorce 134
13. Conclusion 161
14. Appendix A Plot Summary of Heinrich von Veldeke’s Eneasroman 165
15. Appendix B Plot Summary of Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant 167
16. Appendix C Plot Summary of Hartmann von Aue’s Erec 169
17. Appendix D Plot Summary of Hartmann von Aue’s Iwein 171
18. Appendix E Plot Summary of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival 173
19. Appendix F Plot Summary of Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan 175
20. Appendix G Plot Summary of Otte’s Eraclius 177
21. Notes 179
22. Works Cited 233
23. Index 257