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English Domestic Relations 1487–1653 : A Study of Matrimony and Family Life in Theory and Practice as Revealed by the Literature, Law, and History of the Period / Chilton Latham Powell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1917]Copyright date: ©1917Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231910149
  • 9780231881623
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ613 .P69 1917x
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Controversies Regarding Marriage -- III. The Attempted Reform of Divorce -- IV. The Domestic Conduct Book -- V. Contemporary Attitudes Towards Woman -- VI. Wider Ranges of Domestic Literature -- Appendix A. English Writing on the Divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine -- Appendix B. The Date and Occasion of Milton’s First Divorce Tract -- Appendix C. Directions for Matrimony from Harrington’s Book -- Appendix D. Contents of Typical Domestic Books -- Bibliographies -- Index -- Vita
Summary: Examines the literature centering around domestic relations in England, including the contract of marriage and subsequent family life, as well as other expressions of fact and opinion that exist from the first appearance of the subject in English writing around 1487 up to its first great crisis in 1653.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231881623

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Controversies Regarding Marriage -- III. The Attempted Reform of Divorce -- IV. The Domestic Conduct Book -- V. Contemporary Attitudes Towards Woman -- VI. Wider Ranges of Domestic Literature -- Appendix A. English Writing on the Divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine -- Appendix B. The Date and Occasion of Milton’s First Divorce Tract -- Appendix C. Directions for Matrimony from Harrington’s Book -- Appendix D. Contents of Typical Domestic Books -- Bibliographies -- Index -- Vita

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Examines the literature centering around domestic relations in England, including the contract of marriage and subsequent family life, as well as other expressions of fact and opinion that exist from the first appearance of the subject in English writing around 1487 up to its first great crisis in 1653.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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