Table of Contents: Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage /

Main Author:	Jacobs, Kathryn Elisabeth.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2001.
Subjects:	Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. English literature > History and criticism. > Middle English, 1100-1500 Marriage in literature. English drama > History and criticism. > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism. Marriage customs and rites in literature. Prenuptial agreements in literature. Adultery in literature. Widows in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan. English literature > Middle English. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
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Table of Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface vii; Prologue: Marriage Contracts through the Centuries 1; Part I. Chaucer; 1. Rewriting the Marriage Contract: Adultery in the Canterbury Tales 15; 2. Marriage Ceremonies and Property in the Canterbury Tales 28; 3. Extramarital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales 47; 4. The Legacy of the Marriage Contract: Chaucer's Widows 70; Entr'acte: When the Law Changed 93; Part II. Religious and Renaissance Drama; 5. Under Stress: The Marriage Contracts of the Mystery Cycles, and the Trailing Spouse 101; 6. Unlawful Unions on the Renaissance Stage 115.