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Autore |
Butler Sara M (Sara Margaret) |
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Titolo |
Divorce in medieval England : from one to two persons in law / / Sara M. Butler |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-95093-8 |
0-203-47006-0 |
1-299-28032-3 |
1-135-95086-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Divorce - England - History - To 1500 |
Marriage - England - History - To 1500 |
England Social conditions 1066-1687 |
Great Britain History 1066-1687 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Why did they leave?" -- "The logistics of divorce" -- "The risk factor" -- "Whose property is whose?" -- "What happened to the children?" -- "What happened next?". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the grounds of spousal incompatibility. Because the medieval church was determined to uphold the sacrament of marriage whenever possible, divorce in the medieval period was a much more complicated process than it is toda |
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