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Divorce in medieval England : from one to two persons in law / / Sara M. Butler



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Autore: Butler Sara M (Sara Margaret) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Divorce in medieval England : from one to two persons in law / / Sara M. Butler Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
Disciplina: 306.890942
Soggetto topico: Divorce - England - History - To 1500
Marriage - England - History - To 1500
Soggetto geografico: England Social conditions 1066-1687
Great Britain History 1066-1687
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: "Why did they leave?" -- "The logistics of divorce" -- "The risk factor" -- "Whose property is whose?" -- "What happened to the children?" -- "What happened next?".
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Divorce in medieval England  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-47006-0
1-299-28032-3
1-135-95086-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465443903321
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Serie: Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 4.