Uncertain Unions and Broken Lives: Marriage and Divorce in England, 1660-1857

by Lawrence Stone

Book Overview

In the first part of this book, Lawrence Stone provides a series of case-studies which paint a vivid picture of how individuals coped with the manifold uncertainties of the law of marriage before the Marriage Act of 1753. There are stories of unwise courtship, prenuptial pregnancies, forced marriages, and bigamy, told in intimate, often ribald detail.

The case-studies in the second part reveal how the break-up and dissolution of marriages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192853082
• ISBN13: 9780192853080
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.7"