Divorced, beheaded, sold : ending an english marriage 1500-1847 / Maria Nicolaou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolaou, Maria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Divorce--History.

Divorce.

Marriage customs and rites--History.

Marriage customs and rites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword History, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fresh perspective on the seamy side of history. Maria Nicolaou has done considerable research into the largely unexplored area of divorce and marital separation from the Tudor period to the early Victorian era. Divorced, Beheaded, Sold is full of scandalous, little-known stories of wife sale, marital discord and audacious escapades of errant spouses, this is an interesting, as well as informative read in the same vein as Maureen Waller''s The English Marriage and Kate Summerscale''s Mrs Robinson''s Disgrace. Maria Nicolaou reveals how people ended their marriages in the days before divorce w

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The World of Marriage; Chapter 2: Informal Separation: From Living Asunder to Household Captivity; Chapter 3: Legal Battles: Tricking the Law; Chapter 4: Separation Agreements: A Disagreeable Situation; Chapter 5: Parliamentary Divorces: Adultery on Stage; Chapter 6: Wife Sales: Disgraceful Transactions; Conclusion; Appendix: The Divorces of Henry VIII: The Sharp'st Kind of Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473837287

1473837286

9781473837065

1473837065