This paper presents a comparison between some issues related to marriage in Christian Mediterranean, in both the West and the Byzantine area. It is proposed a parallel between modes of marriage; in particular through the interplay of two variables: a written and unwritten marriage, and marriage with or without transfer of goods.
Keywords:
History of marriage, Family law, Early Middle Ages, Byzantine law, Comparative law
Author Biography
Manuel Vial-Dumas, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Vial-Dumas, M. (2015). Forms of marriage in Byzantium and the Christian West during late antiquity and early Middle Ages. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (34), Pág. 135–158. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/38032
