English Domestic Relations 1487-1653 : A Study of Matrimony and Family Life in Theory and Practice as Revealed by the Literature, Law, and History of the Period / Chilton Latham Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Chilton Latham, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1917]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the literature centering around domestic relations in England, including the contract of marriage and subsequent family life, as well as other expressions of fact and opinion that exist from the first appearance of the subject in English writing around 1487 up to its first great crisis in 1653.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Controversies Regarding Marriage

III. The Attempted Reform of Divorce

IV. The Domestic Conduct Book

V. Contemporary Attitudes Towards Woman

VI. Wider Ranges of Domestic Literature

Appendix A. English Writing on the Divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine

Appendix B. The Date and Occasion of Milton's First Divorce Tract

Appendix C. Directions for Matrimony from Harrington's Book

Appendix D. Contents of Typical Domestic Books

Bibliographies

Index

Vita

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88162-2

OCLC:

1097527552