Das Eltern die kinder zuo der Ehe nicht zwinge[n] noch hindern, : Vnd die kinder on der elltern willen sich nicht verloben solle[n]
Summary: Parental consent was an issue during the Reformation. Catholic orthodoxy demanded parental consent of the bridal couple as it impacted property. Luther saw value in both sides, arguing that while parents ought not to be able to compel children to marry or prevent weddings, the children ought to seek their parents' consent.
Signatures: A4; [A] unsigned.
Imprint: BM STC German, 1455-1600 lists printer as H. Höltzel
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, historiated, woodcut border (putti); initial.
Additional Details: This volume was formerly in the Beck Lutherana collection, #404. There is a date, "1524," in ink on the title page. Omitted from title page transcription is 3-line quotation from Matthew XIX.
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Herrgott, Johann, -1527
Nuremberg (Germany)
German
Marriage
Parental consent
Sixteenth century
8 unnumbered pages
19 cm
Text
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Quarto
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Historiated title page border of Das Eltern die kinder zuo der Ehe nicht zwinge[n] noch hindern, : Vnd die kinder on der elltern willen sich nicht verloben solle[n]
Benzing, Lutherbibliographie, 1909
WA, 15, 157 D
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 548?
Pegg, Swiss, 3181
Pegg, Great Britain, 2132
Pegg, Bibliotheca, 1022
Kuczyński, 1607
Jackson, 922
Title page border: Luther, J. Titeleinfassungen, 68d
1524 LUTH X
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