Women and marriage in the eighteenth century : evidence from the London church courts, 1730-1780
This thesis examines the meaning of marriage for women in the eighteenth century by considering what actually constituted 'marriage' from both a legal and a social perspective. The thesis argues that evidence from the church court records suggest an overall continuity in social standards a...
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University of Bristol
2000
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322522 |