Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Marriage and Wisdom from Antiquity to the Renaissance 11
6. 2 The Revival of the Ancient Epithalamium in Courtly Weddings 35
7. 3 Weddings as Propaganda 51
8. 4 The Culture of Marriage and Sex in Italian Courts 83
9. 5 Humanist Criticisms of Celibacy and the Reformation 117
10. Conclusion 135
11. A Finding-List for Wedding Orations in the Italian Renaissance 139
12. Notes 181
13. Index 253