ISBN:
0511064268
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0511072724
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0511120125
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9780511064265
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9780511072727
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9780511120121
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 244 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.81/0942
Keywords:
Geschichte 1660-1800
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage
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Divorce
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Domestic relations
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Marriage
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Geschichte
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Marriage Sources History
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Domestic relations Sources History
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Divorce Sources History
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Ehescheidung
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Eheschließung
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England
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Quelle
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England
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Ehescheidung
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Geschichte 1660-1800
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England
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Eheschließung
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Geschichte 1660-1800
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; 1 Introduction: reassessing marriage; 2 'To have and to hold': analysing married life; 3 'For better, for worse': resolving marital difficulties; 4 'An honourable estate': marital roles in the household; 5 'With all my worldly goods I thee endow': spouses' contributions and possessions within marriage; 6 'Wilt thou obey him, and serve him': the marital power balance; 7 'Forsaking all other': marital chastity; 8 'Till death us do part': life after a failed marriage
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A revisionary study of married life in the long eighteenth century in England, this text draws on court records, newspaper advertisements & an original methodology to challenge preconceptions about authority in the household & to show how ideas about adultery & masculinity emerged
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