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...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2022. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191945083 0191945080 9780192666956 0192666959 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |