Until death do them part: reformed marriage in the 11th-12th centuries

• Grant number: 05/03418-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2006
• End date: March 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Roberto Figueiredo Nogueira
• Grantee: Carolina Gual da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this research is to analyse the image of marriage throughout the 11th and 12th having the reforming ideals of the Church as the basis. The intention is to make a comparitive study of the literary representations and the new religious ideals for marriage proposed by the Church at the same period. Four documents will be used:the Decretum by Burchard de Worms, the Concordia discordantium canonum by Gratian, the first three Lateran Councils and the decretal letters of Alexandre III. The literary sources will be Eric et Enide, Cliges, Lancelot, and Ivain, all written by Chretien de Troyes, 12th century author.Are there similarities between the literature and the religious thought of the period? Where can we find these similarities? What are the differences? is it possible to see the influence of the new ideals in the apparently profane literature of Chrétien de Troyes? Could we identify how the society was affected by such transformations through a comparative study? These are some of the questions that will guide the present study.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Carolina Gual da. Till death do us part:reformed marriage in the 11th-12th centuries. 2008. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.