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Mixed Matches: Transgressive Unions in Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment

Mixed Matches: Transgressive Unions in Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment

Luebke, David M.
Lindemann, Mary

Paperback

Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association, Book 8

General World HistoryGerman History

ISBN10: 1785335243
ISBN13: 9781785335242
Publisher: Berghahn Books Inc
Published: Jun 1 2017
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The significant changes in early modern German marriage practices included many unions that violated some taboo. That taboo could be theological and involve the marriage of monks and nuns, or refer to social misalliances as when commoners and princes (or princesses) wed. Equally transgressive were unions that crossed religious boundaries, such as marriages between Catholics and Protestants, those that violated ethnic or racial barriers, and those that broke kin-related rules. Taking as a point of departure Martin Luther's redefinition of marriage, the contributors to this volume spin out the multiple ways that the Reformers' attempts to simplify and clarify marriage affected education, philosophy, literature, high politics, diplomacy, and law. Ranging from the Reformation, through the ages of confessionalization, to the Enlightenment, Mixed Matches addresses the historical complexity of the socio-cultural institution of marriage.

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