Was There a Marital Debt in Byzantium?

Was There a Marital Debt in Byzantium?

According to Western canonists, husband and wife had a debt towards one another: they were obliged to render sexual intercourse on demand. This article looks at the differences and similarities of the ‘marital debt’ in Byzantium and the West in order to evaluate whether this concept can be applied t...

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