medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I think custom was that verba de futuro required subsequent consummation by sexual congress.
My understanding (which, I hasten to add, derives from Shakespeare's "As You
Like It" - 'I take thee Rosalind for wife') is that sponsalia per verba de
futuro were betrothals, but sponsalia per verba de presenti were valid
marriages. Until the Council of Trent, of course, but its writ didn't run
to England, so they continued to be valid until they were abolished somewhat
retrospectively in 1843 by a court ruling that they had never existed!
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