Abstract
This article examines the punishment of bigamy in the late-medieval diocese of Rayes. By studying this punishment in the context of al1 punishments handed down by the episcopal court, this articie seeks out the meaning of the punishment of bigamy, and the meaning of bigamy itself in rhis time and place. The ecclesiastical judges of Troyes pcrceived the of bigamy as an attack on the very nature of sacramental marriage. The punishment for bigamy resembled that of heresy, or an offence on the leve1 of a priest who committed homicide. Bigamy was also considered a public crime committed not only against the abandoned spouse and ihe new, deceived, spobse, but also against the Church and the body public.
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