Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Gallican forerunner 3. Concepts 4. Polygyny 5. Emotional persuasion in a public sphere: Nicholas I and Lothar 6. Canon law subverts itself 7. Due process 8. Biological kinship 9. Spiritual kinship 10. Impotence and magic 11. Pre-puberty marriage 12. Physical impotence 13. Adult non-consummation and pre-contract 14. Henry VIII's biblical bid 15. Reception of dispensation: plaisance and Henri IV 16. Diverging trends: annulments and dispensations 17. Annulments and dispensations: two theological rationalities 18. Dispensations and their diplomatic 19. Ten theses and an argument Documents Bibliography Index.
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