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Marriage, separation, and divorce in England, 1500-1700 /

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Why did England alone of all Protestant jurisdictions not allow divorce with remarriage in the era of the Reformation? Kesselring and Stretton argue that the answer lies in a distinctive aspect of English law - its common-law formulation of coverture, the umbrella term for married women's legal...

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Main Authors: Kesselring, K. J. (Krista J.) (Author), Stretton, Tim, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Divorce > England > History > 16th century.
Divorce > England > History > 17th century.
Divorce > Law and legislation > England > History > 16th century.
Divorce > Law and legislation > England > History > 17th century.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc. > England > History > 16th century.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc. > England > History > 17th century.
Women > England > Social conditions > 16th century.
Women > England > Social conditions > 17th century.
Property > Social aspects > England.
Divorce > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Divorce > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Femmes > Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Femmes > Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
Great Britain.
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Civilization.
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Divorce
Divorce > Law and legislation
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Property > Social aspects
Women > Social conditions
England
1500-1699
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