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(2009)
The English marriage
tales of love, money and adultery
by Maureen Waller
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Long after the rest of Europe had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church. Featuring a cast of hundreds, acclaimed historian Maureen Waller draws on intimate letters, diaries, court documents and advice books to trace the evolution of the English marriage.
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pt. One
1465-1645 -- -- 1.
`Marry thy daughters in time lest they marry themselves' -- -- 2.
`Upon Friday is Saint Valentine's Day and every bird chooses a mate' --
Interlude: The Form of Solemnisation of Matrimony, Book of Common Prayer -- -- 3.
`My Lord hath complained that he hath not lain with me' --
Interlude: William Gouge, Of Domesticall Duties -- -- 4.
`Teach her to live under obedience' --
Interlude: Henry Oxinden of Barham in love -- -- pt. Two
1642-1734 -- -- 5.
`Good men with good fortunes are very hard to be gotten' -- -- 6.
`Women must love silently' --
Interlude: Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewoman's Companion or, a Guide to the Female Sex -- -- 7.
`Lay long in bed, talking and pleasing myself with my wife' --
Interlude: Henri Misson on English marriage customs -- -- 8.
`The bargain was struck' -- -- 9.
`My circumstances were not proper at all for matrimony' -- -- 10.
`Nothing but adultery can dissolve a marriage' --
Interlude: Lord Halifax, The Lady's New Year's Gift: or Advice to a Daughter -- -- pt. Three
1706-1780 -- -- 11.
`For ten guineas he should procure a man (who was already marry'd) that should marry her in another name' --
Interlude: The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives -- -- 12.
`The causes must be grave and weighty' -- -- 13.
`What can equal the value of a virtuous wife?' -- -- 14.
`He has often beat and kicked her when she has been big with child' -- -- 15.
`The foul crime of adultery' -- -- pt. Four
1760-1827 -- -- 16.
`That part of the United Kingdom called Scotland' -- -- 17.
`A match of her own making' -- -- 18.
`A cruel, savage and abandoned disposition, as well as loose, wicked and lustful' -- -- 19.
`A man may be the friend of another man, a woman alone can be his companion' --
Interlude: Jane Austen, Fanny Knight and Clarissa Trant -- -- 20.
`Threatened with being sent to a lunatic asylum, only for asking for food' --
Interlude: Wife-sale -- -- pt. Five
1820-1885 -- -- 21.
`I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights; I have only wrongs' --
Interlude: Bigamy sentence -- -- 22.
`To soothe and not to vex or irritate her husband' --
Interlude: Charles Darwin's `Marry' or `Not Marry' -- -- 23.
`There's no harm in it -- everyone does it' --
Interlude: Mrs Henderson, The Young Wife's Own Book, Her Domestic Duties and Social Habits -- -- 24.
`Wife-Torture in England' -- -- pt. Six
1880-1969 -- -- 25.
`A woman plotting the death of her husband . . . to follow her own degrading vices' --
Interlude: Wedding customs -- -- 26.
`Coverture is dead and buried' -- -- 27.
`The whole thing is so mysterious to me -- how you could ever have found pleasure in what you knew I hated' --
Interlude: Job Flower, A Golden Guide to Matrimony -- -- 28.
`I shall be a better happier man and more useful soldier for being your husband' -- -- 29.
`An avalanche of broken marriages'.
Edition Notes
Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-405) and index.
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