Marriage, separation, and divorce in England, 1500-1700
Why did England alone of all Protestant jurisdictions not allow divorce with remarriage in the era of the Reformation? Kesselring and Stretton argue that the answer lies in a distinctive aspect of English law - its common-law formulation of coverture, the umbrella term for married women's legal...
| Summary: | Why did England alone of all Protestant jurisdictions not allow divorce with remarriage in the era of the Reformation? Kesselring and Stretton argue that the answer lies in a distinctive aspect of English law - its common-law formulation of coverture, the umbrella term for married women's legal status and property rights. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 195 pages). |
| ISBN: | 0191945080 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192849953.001.0001 |