Cover; Divorce in Medieval England; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Why Did They Leave?; 2 The Logistics of Divorce; 3 The Risk Factor; 4 Whose Property Is Whose?; 5 What Happened to the Children?; 6 What Happened Next?; Conclusions; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary
Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the grounds of spousal incompatibility. Because the medieval church was determined to uphold the sacrament of marriage whenever possible, divorce in the medieval period was a much more complicated process than it is toda
