Małżeńska przeszkoda impotencji i oziębłości płciowej w świetle akt poznańskiego konsystorza z XV wieku
The Impediments of Impotence and Frigidity in the Light of Records of the Poznań Consistory in the Fifteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: For centuries, marriage was the bedrock of societies, and its purpose was to beget children and prepare them for the future life. In such context, impotence was regarded as an important lack of physical capacity for consummation of the marital union. The consistorial records of the Poznań Diocese from the years 1404–25 include 22 instances of the marriages with the problem of impotence. On their basis the author answers the questions about their origins and solutions of similar matters proposed by the ecclesiastical courts.

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