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  • “Spousal Abuse in Fourteenth-century Yorkshire: What can we learn from the Coroners’ Rolls?”

    Author(s):
    Sara Margaret Butler (see profile)
    Date:
    2001
    Group(s):
    British History, Feminist Humanities, Late Medieval History, Legal history, Medieval Studies
    Subject(s):
    British history, Late medieval history, Medieval history, Violence
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Marriage, Marriage and Family
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... implications of his study are not lost on historians interested principally in the study of marriage and ...

  • “The Law as a Weapon in Marital Disputes: Evidence from the Late Medieval Court of Chancery, 1424- 1529.”

    Author(s):
    Sara Margaret Butler (see profile)
    Date:
    2004
    Group(s):
    British History, Feminist Humanities, Late Medieval History, Legal history, Medieval Studies
    Subject(s):
    Family, Late medieval history, Legal history, Medieval history, Sociology of marriage
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    History of Marriage
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    ... Sociology of marriage ...
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    ... history of marriage ...
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    ... ,?? Law and History Review 14 (1996): 283. 2 R. H. Helmholz, Marriage Litigation in Medieval England ...

  • Response to Reviewers of John Witte, Jr., Church, State, and Family: Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Political theory
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Natural Law, Children's Rights, Separation of Church and State, Marriage and Family, Rights
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    ... marriage and family ...
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    ... -sex marriage and tend to the vast family field that urgently needs concerted attention and action. The five ...

  • “Between Sacrament and Contract: Marriage as Covenant in John Calvin's Geneva

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    1998
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Family, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, Marital sacrament, covenant, church and state, Marriage
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    ... “Between Sacrament and Contract: Marriage as Covenant in John Calvin's Geneva ...
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  • Zwischen Sakrament und Vertrag: Ehe als Bund im Genf Johannes Calvins

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    1998
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Family, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, Sacrament, Covenant, Church and State, Marriage
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    ... marriage ...

  • Anglican Marriage in the Making: Becon, Bullinger, and Bucer

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    1999
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Anglicanism, Thomas Becon, Heinrich Bullinger, Martin Bucer, Church Courts, Marriage
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    ... Anglican Marriage in the Making: Becon, Bullinger, and Bucer ...
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... ethic on sexuality and marriage. The Commandment helped to system? atize sundry biblical and natural ...

  • An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2006
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Family, John Milton, Catholicism, Protestantism
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Marriage
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    ... An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage ...
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    ... -69 An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage John Witte, Jr.1 Abstract This Article argues ...

  • Review of Adrian Thatcher, Marriage after Modernity (1998)

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2000
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Family
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Sex, Adrian Thatcher, Marriage, Post-modernism
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    ... Review of Adrian Thatcher, Marriage after Modernity (1998) ...
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... Thatcher, Marriage after Modernity (1998) John Witte, Jr. Abstract This is a brief review of an ...

  • Family

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2001
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Church history, Christianity, Family, Bible, Canon law
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Marriage, Children, Common Law
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... . Keywords: marriage, divorce, family, children, Bible, Roman law, medieval canon law, Protestant civil law ...

  • The Meanings of Marriage

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2002
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Christianity, Family
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Divorce, Annulment, Covenant, Sacrament, Marriage
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    ... Marriage John Witte, Jr.1 Abstract Modern American marriage law was born of both Christian and ...

  • King’s Daughter, God’s Wife: The Princess as High Priestess in Mesopotamia (Ur, ca. 2300-1100 BCE) and Egypt (Thebes, ca. 1550-525 BCE)

    Author(s):
    Lloyd Graham (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Ancient Near East, Assyriologists, Egyptology
    Subject(s):
    Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Egyptology, Ancient religion, Babylonia
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    high priestess, EN-priestess of Nanna, God's Wife of Amun, Divine Adoratrice, sacred marriage
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    ... sacred marriage ...
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    ... . of current king in Late phase. Alternative fates Abroad ? diplomatic marriage of princess to ...

  • Male Headship: Reform of the Protestant Tradition

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2004
    Subject(s):
    Christianity, Family, Gender
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    John Stuart Mill, James Fitzjames Stephens, Parent-Child, Equality, Male Headship, Patriarchy, Marriage
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    ... Stephens; Patriarchy; Marriage; Family; Parent-Child; Gender; Equality Introduction Both the legal ...

  • Introduction to John Witte, Jr. and Eliza Ellison, eds., Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective

    Author(s):
    Joel A. Nichols, John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2005
    Subject(s):
    Canon law
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Pactum, ketubah, kitab, mutual consent, Marriage, covenant marriage, contract marriage, family law
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    ... Introduction to John Witte, Jr. and Eliza Ellison, eds., Covenant Marriage in Comparative ...
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... 112. MFL Draft Published in John Witte, Jr. and Eliza Ellison, eds., Covenant Marriage in ...

  • Introduction to Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, and John Witte, Jr., eds., Sex, Marriage, and Family in the World Religions

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2006
    Subject(s):
    Religion
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Annulment, celibacy, marital promises, marital consent, rights, Marriage, Family Life, Sex and Sexuality, Divorce
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    ... Introduction to Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, and John Witte, Jr., eds., Sex, Marriage, and ...
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    ... ., Sex, Marriage, and Family in the World Religions (New York/London: Columbia University Press, 2006 ...

  • Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother? Child Marriage and Parental Consent in John Calvin’s Geneva

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2006
    Subject(s):
    John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, Decalogue, Parental Consent, Child Abuse, 1546 Marriage Ordinance, Law and religion, Parents, Children, Marriage
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    ... Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother? Child Marriage and Parental Consent in John Calvin’s Geneva ...
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    ... 1546 marriage ordinance ...
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    ... Father and Thy Mother? Child Marriage and Parental Consent in Calvin's Geneva1 John Witte, Jr ...

  • Marriage Contracts, Liturgies, and Properties in Reformation Geneva

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2007
    Subject(s):
    Church history, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, marital property, dowry, inheritance, annulment, Law and religion, Marriage law, Marital contract
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    ... Marriage Contracts, Liturgies, and Properties in Reformation Geneva ...
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    ... marriage law ...
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    ... University Press, 2007), 453-488 Marriage Contracts, Liturgies, and Properties in Reformation Geneva ...

  • Preface to John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green, and Amy Wheeler, eds., The Equal Regard Family and its Friendly Critics: Don S. Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2007
    Subject(s):
    Law, Family, Theology, Sociology, Psychology
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Equal regard, Pastoral care, Marriage, Don S. Browning
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  • Prophets, Priests, and Kings of Liberty: John Milton and the Reformation of Rights and Liberties in England

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2008
    Subject(s):
    John Milton, English Reformation
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Marriage, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, English Revolution, Law and religion, Family Law, Religious Liberty, Separation of Church and State
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  • John Calvin on Marriage and Family Life

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2009
    Subject(s):
    Theology, John Calvin, Law, Political theory, Jurisprudence, Family, Protestantism
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    sex, Marriage, Family Life
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    ... , MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009), 455-465 John Calvin on Marriage and Family Life ...

  • Sex May Be Free, But Children Come with a Cost

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2008
    Item Type:
    Newspaper article
    Tag(s):
    Non-marital children, child care, Sex, Marriage, Parental Responsibility
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    ... marriage ...
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    ... . Keywords: sex, marriage, non-marital children, parental responsibility, child care Thirty-eight percent ...

  • The Legal Challenges of Religious Polygamy

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2009
    Subject(s):
    Mormonism, Constitutional law
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Malum in se, Law and religion, First Amendment, Religious Freedom, Polygamy, Marriage
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    ... University Press, 2015). Keywords: Polygamy; Mormonism; First Amendment; Marriage; Constitutional Law ...

  • Review of Stacey Johnson, A Time To Embrace: Same Gender Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics (2007)

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2009
    Subject(s):
    Bible
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    pastoral care, William Stacey Johnson, Religious Liberty, Sexual liberty, Same-sex marriage, constitutional rights
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    ... , pastoral and legal argument for accepted same-sex marriage in churches, states, and liberal societies ...

  • Church, State, and Family in John Calvin’s Geneva: Domestic Disputes and Sex Crimes in Geneva’s Consistory and Council

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2013
    Subject(s):
    Church history, Protestantism, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, Consistory, Spiritual DIscipline, Excommunication, Law and Religion, Marriage and Family Law, Sex Crimes
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    ... , transformed the Western theology and law of sex, marriage, and family life. Building on a generation of ...

  • Afterword: The Future of Muslim Family Law in Western Democracies

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2010
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Faith-based Family Laws, Religious Legal Systems, Polygamy, Accommodation, First Amendment, Law and Religion, Marriage and Family Law, Religious Freedom, Democracy, Sharia
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    ... -based family laws in modern liberal societies. It briefly reviews the history of the law of marriage and ...

  • Church, State, and Marriage: Four Early Modern Protestant Models

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Catholicism, Protestantism, Church history, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Martin Luther, Henry VIII, John Locke, Marriage and Family Law, Law and Religion, Church-State Relations
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    ... , State, and Marriage: Four Early Modern Protestant Models John Witte, Jr.1 Abstract This ...

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