Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Preface xix
6. Acknowledgments xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Law and Sex in the Ancient World 10
9. 2. Sex and the Law in Judaism and Early Christianity 51
10. 3. Sex and the Law in the Christian Empire, from Constantine to Justinian 77
11. 4. Law and Sex in Early Medieval Europe, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries 124
12. 5. The Era of Church Reform, Intellectual Revival, and Urbanization: 1000-1140 176
13. 6. Sex and Marriage in the Decretum of Gratian 229
14. 7. Sexual Behavior and the Early Decretists, from Paucapalea to Huguccio (1140-1190) 256
15. 8. Marriage and Sex in Canon Law from Alexander III to the Liber Extra 325
16. 9. Sex, Marriage, and the Legal Commentators, 1234-1348 417
17. 10. Sex, Marriage, and the Law from the Black Death to the Reformation, 1348.-1517 487
18. 11. Sexual Issues in the Age of the Reformation: Ninety-Five Theses to Tametsi, 1517-1563 551
19. 12. Medieval Sex Law and Modern Society: Recapitulation, Reflections, and Conclusions 576
20. Appendix 1. Tables 597
21. Appendix 2. Marriage Law and the Economic Interests of the Medieval Church 606
22. Appendix 3. Survivals of Medieval Sex Law in the United States and the Western World 608
23. List of Manuscripts Cited 619
24. Select Secondary References 621
25. Index of Cases Cited 635
26. General Index 637
27. Index of Legal Citations 663