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Author: Lawrence Stone
Published Date: 29 Oct 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::296 pages
ISBN10: 0198202539
File size: 32 Mb
Dimension: 162x 241x 24mm::659g
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The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed before numerous witnesses, there completing the marriage. In most traditions the newlyweds were put in bed their family, friends, and neighbors. Is romantic love a particularly Western and modern phenomenon, as many social theorists argue, or a universal experience, as sociobiologists claim? This article argues that both these approaches err in taking sexual attraction as the essential characteristic of romance, whereas historical and personal accounts stress idealization of a Get this from a library! Uncertain unions, and, Broken lives:marriage and divorce in England, 1660-1857. [Lawrence Stone] In the first part of this book, Lawrence Stone provides a series of case-studies which paint a vivid picture of how individuals coped with the manifold uncertainties of the law of marriage before the Marriage Act of 1753. There are stories of unwise courtship, prenuptial pregnancies, forced marriages, and bigamy, told in intimate Road to divorce: England 1530-1987, Oxford Uni versity Press, 1990. Uncertain unions: marriage in England, 1660-1753, Oxford University Press, 1992. Broken lives: separation and divorce in England, 1660-1857, Oxford University Press, 1993. An open elite? England 1540-1880, with Jeanne C. Fawtier Stone, Clarendon Press, 1984. Uncertain Unions Lawrence Stone, 9780198202530, available at Book Depository Uncertain Unions:Marriage in England 1660-1753. Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law Fay Botham. Southern, David. Stone, Lawrence. Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England, 1660 1753. The case studies he presents provide a wonderful vista on the world of the verbal marriage contract, clandestine marriages, bigamous relationships, and other means where marriages were made in England between 1660 and 1753. Uncertain unions is bold, fascinating and entertaining. Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England 1660 1753 Lawrence Stone Abstract. In Road to Divorce explored the different ways in which marriage took place, and analysed the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the legality of the institution in its various forms before the Marriage Act of 1753. Stone, Road to Divorce: England 1530-1987, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1990, which I have relied on as the most up-to-date account known to me. See also Stone s Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England 1660-1753, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992, where the general discussion is supported detailed accounts of particular cases. EUR 44,93. Broch
