Description

Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 311 pages. Notes, Index. Stated first American edition, no additional printings listed. A history of the codification of marriage in medieval Europe, under ecclesiastical control, and the creation of the social compact we take as “God given” today. No previous ownership marks. Book is clean, square and unmarked with no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. Dust-jacket lightly worn, showing mild age soiling and two small tears, now clear tape repaired on verso. A very good copy in a good dust-jacket.