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Stephani de Malescot Iuriscos. ac Belarborensis Theophilologi, de Nuptiis Liber Paradoxicus, nova & recenti methodo compositus : & Illustriss. ac piissimis Heroibus, Friderico Comiti Palatino Sacri Imperii Electori, & Ioanni de Ferrieres Carnutensi Vicedomino consecratus
Etienne de Malescot rejects the cluttered, conflicting opinions of medieval jurists to offer a clear, humanist framework for marriage. He asks whether marriage is a mere civil contract or a divine instinct, providing a rigorous legal map for its formation, validity, and dissolution.