Title Marriage, separation, and divorce in England, 1500-1700 / K.J. Kesselring and Tim Stretton

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) Summary Why did England alone of all Protestant jurisdictions not allow divorce with remarriage in the era of the Reformation? Kesselring and Stretton argue that the answer lies in a distinctive aspect of English law - its common-law formulation of coverture, the umbrella term for married women's legal status and property rights Notes This edition also issued in print: 2022 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022) Subject Divorce -- England -- History -- 16th century Divorce -- England -- History -- 17th century Divorce -- Law and legislation -- England -- History -- 16th century Divorce -- Law and legislation -- England -- History -- 17th century Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History -- 16th century Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History -- 17th century Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 17th century Property -- Social aspects -- England Divorce Divorce -- Law and legislation Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. Property -- Social aspects Women -- Social conditions England Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Stretton, Tim, 1963- author. ISBN 9780191945083 0191945080 9780192666956 0192666959

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