Friedelehe meaning "lover marriage" is a term for a postulated form of Germanic marriage said to have existed during the Early Middle Ages. The concept...

and Himiltrude ever married, were joined in a non-canonical marriage (friedelehe), or married after Pepin was born. Pope Stephen's letter described the...

"protection", originally "hand"), or legal power, of the husband over the wife; Friedelehe, (from Old High German: friudila, Old Norse: friðla, frilla "beloved")...

Himiltrude were never married, were joined in a non-canonical marriage or friedelehe, or if they married after Pepin was born is unclear. Roger Collins, Johannes...

sacramental marriage of the Church—what some medievalists have called Friedelehe—although the concept is controversial. Paul the Deacon writes in his Gesta...

"something more than concubinage, less than marriage" and describe it as a Friedelehe, a supposed form of marriage unrecognized by the Church and easily dissolvable...

sagas, but as Danish by the historian, William of Jumièges. Cohabitation Friedelehe Free union Marriage à la façon du pays The rules of English spelling often...

participation of the parents and the other, those that did not. Known as Friedelehe, the latter form consisted of marriage between a free man and a free woman...

consent. — Elementa Juris Germanici. In another form of Germanic marriage, Friedelehe, the control over the wife remained with the head of her family. From...