Documents Relative To The Celebration Of A Late Marriage

By James Abercrombie

When marriage passes from private promise to public record, every word is weighed and witnessed. Every phrase carries legal weight. 'Documents Relative To The Celebration Of A Late Marriage' opens this world in an antique marriage documents collection gathering historical legal documents surrounding the formal celebration of a single union. Issued as a concise marriage law pamphlet, it preserves official papers and ecclesiastical records that show how marriage ceremony regulations operated where church and state marriage overlapped. For readers intrigued by the fine print of love, duty and status, it offers a rare, close-up view of a real marriage seen entirely through the language of law. As a window onto ecclesiastical marriage law and the canon law of marriage, it situates one union within wider church marriage controversy over who might wed, under what authority and with which formalities. The documents reveal how private decisions were tested against statute, precedent and religious custom. Serving both as a historical marriage law reference and as a richly textured primary source collection, it is a valuable reference for legal historians, social historians and a primary source for scholars of church-state relations, as well as general readers intrigued by how society once regulated the most intimate of contracts. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354442250
• ISBN13: 9789354442254
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"