Uncertain unions : marriage in England, 1660-1753
Stone, LawrenceAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1992.
Through a series of case studies drawn from court records, this work shows how courting and marrying couples before the 1753 Marriage Act manoeuvred around the ambiguities of the law. There are stories of unwise courtship, prenuptial pregnancies, forced marriages, bigamy and clandestine marriages.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Through a series of case studies drawn from court records, this work shows how courting and marrying couples before the 1753 Marriage Act manoeuvred around the ambiguities of the law. There are stories of unwise courtship, prenuptial pregnancies, forced marriages, bigamy and clandestine marriages.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage law
Marriage law
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Family & Marriage