Abstract
The most common form of global history traces the growing power of the West and tries to explain it. There is a parallel story of the expansion of Christianity, in which the influence of the Council of Trent on the world as a whole deserves a more prominent place than it has received. But there is another kind of global history: the comparative sort. This article looks at the Council of Trent’s solution to the problem of clandestine marriages in a comparative perspective, showing how the prob- lems it faced are paralleled in three other societies, but also that a unique mechanism for dealing with them was created, the Congregatio Concilii. Recommended citation: Menski, Werner,d’Avray, David L., Authenticating Marriage: The Decree Tametsi in a Comparative Global Perspective, in: Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History Rg 27 (2019) 71-89, online: http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg27/071-089
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
