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- catalog abstract ""The state had no divorce code, and the courts lacked jurisdiction. ...Throughout the colonial period and at least until the Civil War, women and men, singly or in groups, sought relief of varied kinds and expressed their views on a host of subjects by petitioning their elected representatives. At each session the lawmakers approved dozens of private bills to assist individuals and communities. ...In our no-fault era the very idea of asking legislators to provide a divorce by private bill boggles the mind. But well into the nineteenth century, Virginia law afforded no other option for desperately unhappy women and men trapped in loveless relationships." -- Introd.".
- catalog contributor b12581978.
- catalog coverage "Virginia Social conditions 19th century.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The state had no divorce code, and the courts lacked jurisdiction. ...Throughout the colonial period and at least until the Civil War, women and men, singly or in groups, sought relief of varied kinds and expressed their views on a host of subjects by petitioning their elected representatives. At each session the lawmakers approved dozens of private bills to assist individuals and communities. ...In our no-fault era the very idea of asking legislators to provide a divorce by private bill boggles the mind. But well into the nineteenth century, Virginia law afforded no other option for desperately unhappy women and men trapped in loveless relationships." -- Introd.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Petitions -- pt. I. Contexts. Ch. 1. A Vexata Questio: The Political Arena. Ch. 2. This Holy Relation: The Religious Culture. Ch. 3. Respects to Grandmother: The Communal Setting -- pt. II. Causes. Ch. 4. The Greatest Lewdness: Crossing the Color Line. Ch. 5. Private Disputes in Families: The Battered Wife. Ch. 6. A Monster in Female Form: The Cuckold's Lament -- pt. III. Consequences. Ch. 7. This Prejudice of Divorce: The Social Stigma. Epilogue: Petitioners.".
- catalog extent "xi, 346 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Great catastrophe of my life.".
- catalog identifier "0807827126 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807853801 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Great catastrophe of my life.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in legal history".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Great catastrophe of my life.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia Social conditions 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia".
- catalog subject "306.89/09755 21".
- catalog subject "Divorce Law and legislation Virginia History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Divorce Virginia History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "HQ835.V8 B83 2002".
- catalog subject "Marital conflict Virginia History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Petitions -- pt. I. Contexts. Ch. 1. A Vexata Questio: The Political Arena. Ch. 2. This Holy Relation: The Religious Culture. Ch. 3. Respects to Grandmother: The Communal Setting -- pt. II. Causes. Ch. 4. The Greatest Lewdness: Crossing the Color Line. Ch. 5. Private Disputes in Families: The Battered Wife. Ch. 6. A Monster in Female Form: The Cuckold's Lament -- pt. III. Consequences. Ch. 7. This Prejudice of Divorce: The Social Stigma. Epilogue: Petitioners.".
- catalog title "The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion / Thomas E. Buckley.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".