Renaissance Marriage
During the Renaissance marriage was a fundamental step for both women and men belonging to all social classes. Depicted in art, described in literature, ruled by law, marriage was the way to connect families, to forge coalitions, to define alliances. This panel seeks to explore how Renaissance marriage was seen, interpreted, used and understood.We are looking for papers whose topics include but are not limited to:the cultural approach of marriage and its description;how the law helped define ‘good’ and ‘bad’ aspects of marriage, and how it controlled the economic and...
