The English marriage
Subtitle: tales of love, money and adultery
By: Maureen Waller
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781848540545
Subjects: Marriage; History; Marriage law; Married women; Social conditions
Description: The story of the English marriage is unique and eccentric. Long after the rest of Europe and neighbouring Scotland had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church, making it all too easy to enter into a marriage but virtually impossible to end an unhappy one.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.