Summerschool: Marriage in Premodern Imagination

The interdisciplinary summer school Marriage in Premodern Europe (1400–1800), jointly organized by Viadrina and Sorbonne University (Paris 1), investigates marriage as a theological, legal, and socio-political institution. Combining perspectives from literary studies, theology, religious and art history, and gender studies, the program examines how confessionalisation and legal regulation shaped norms, rituals, and power relations across Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed traditions. Particular attention is given to the interaction between doctrine, institutional authority, and lived experience in the formation of premodern matrimonial cultures.