Download or read book Medieval Marriage written by David d'Avray and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Marriage shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. Building on d'Avray's Medieval Marriage Sermons, it broadens the scope of the argument and works from a wide range of manuscript sources of different genres.