| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2014) |
| Subject |
Divorce -- History
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Marriage customs and rites -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Divorce
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Marriage customs and rites
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781473837065 |
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1473837065 |
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