Preeminent medieval scholar Georges Duby addresses the themes of Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages. Rather than chariting the evolution of love as a mere history of other components of social education, Duby places this evolution in the material context of social relationship and daily life. He argues that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and from feudalism - both bastions of masculinity - as he reveals the role of women, and what they represented in the Middle Ages.

Beautifuly written in Duby's characteristically nuanced and powerful style, this collection is an ideal entrée into Duby's thinking about marriage and diversities of love, spousal decorum, family structure, and their cultural context in bodily and spiritual values. love and Marriage in the Middle Ages will be of great interest to students in social and cultural history, medieval and early modern history, and women's studies, as well as those interested in the nature of social life in the Middle Ages.

Georges Duby is a professor of history at the College de France. He is the author of The Three orders; The Age of Cathedrals; and The Knight, The Lady and the Priest.

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