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- catalog abstract ""In Road to Divorce, Lawrence Stone explored and analysed the ambiguous nature of the law and practice concerning marriage, separation, and divorce in England from 1530 to the present day. He showed bow husbands and wives, lovers and lawyers, adapted, circumvented, or defied the law in order to achieve their end, namely either a secure marriage or a marital separation on favourable terms." "In Uncertain Unions, he offered a series of detailed case-studies, which painted a vivid picture of how individuals coped with the manifold uncertainties of the law of marriage before the Marriage Act of 1753." "Now, Broken Lives completes the trilogy. In it Professor Stone offers a second set of detailed case-studies, this time about how the break-up and dissolution of marriages was contrived before the first Divorce Act in 1857. Individuals in their own words explain their actions and feelings about one another in dramatic courtroom confrontations, while behind the scenes they were conducting secret negotiations, and offering massive bribes to witnesses either to commit perjury or to hold their tongues. These stories offer astonishing insights into many hitherto unknown aspects of marital life and marital breakdown in early modern England. They also provide sobering evidence of the huge gap between the enacted law and actual practice."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b4064231.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""In Road to Divorce, Lawrence Stone explored and analysed the ambiguous nature of the law and practice concerning marriage, separation, and divorce in England from 1530 to the present day. He showed bow husbands and wives, lovers and lawyers, adapted, circumvented, or defied the law in order to achieve their end, namely either a secure marriage or a marital separation on favourable terms." "In Uncertain Unions, he offered a series of detailed case-studies, which painted a vivid picture of how individuals coped with the manifold uncertainties of the law of marriage before the Marriage Act of 1753." "Now, Broken Lives completes the trilogy. In it Professor Stone offers a second set of detailed case-studies, this time about how the break-up and dissolution of marriages was contrived before the first Divorce Act in 1857. Individuals in their own words explain their actions and feelings about one another in dramatic courtroom confrontations, while behind the scenes they were conducting secret negotiations, and offering massive bribes to witnesses either to commit perjury or to hold their tongues. These stories offer astonishing insights into many hitherto unknown aspects of marital life and marital breakdown in early modern England. They also provide sobering evidence of the huge gap between the enacted law and actual practice."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 355 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Broken lives.".
- catalog identifier "0198202547".
- catalog isFormatOf "Broken lives.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Broken lives.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "306.89/0942 20".
- catalog subject "Divorce England History.".
- catalog subject "Divorce Law and legislation Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "HQ876 .S728 1993".
- catalog subject "Marriage England History.".
- catalog subject "Marriage law England History.".
- catalog title "Broken lives : separation and divorce in England, 1660-1857 / by Lawrence Stone.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".