Pursuit of the Heiress [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malcomson, A. P. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--History--18th century--Ireland.

Marriage.

Nobility--History--18th century--Ireland.

Nobility.

Dowry--History--18th century--Ireland.

Dowry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (739 p.)

Other Title:

Pursuit of the Heiress

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pursuit of the Heiress is a new, greatly enlarged and more widely focused version of what the late Lawrence Stone described as 'a brilliant long essay or short book on the subject of the role of heiresses among the Irish aristocracy', which was published by the Ulster Historical Foundation

Contents:

The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740-1840; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; One: Law, terminology and the nature of the evidence; Two: 'Collateral calculation': the constraints of the marriage settlement; Three: The superior bargaining power of the heiress; Four: Collateral damage: the lure of the younger son; Five: The 'marriage of affection'; Six: Elopements, mésalliances and mis-matches; Seven: 'Speculations and castle-buildings': the identification of an heiress

Eight: The safer and surer routes to richesConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-908448-78-4

OCLC:

870598731