Shakespeare, Law, and MarriageCambridge University Press, 08.12.2003 This interdisciplinary study combines legal, historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time. It uses the history of English law and the history of the contexts of law to study a wide range of Shakespeare's plays and poems. The authors approach the legal history of marriage as part of cultural history. The household was viewed as the basic unit of Elizabethan society, but many aspects of marriage were controversial, and the law relating to marriage was uncertain and confusing, leading to bitter disagreements over the proper modes for marriage choice and conduct. The authors point out numerous instances within Shakespeare's plays of the conflict over status, gender relations, property, religious belief and individual autonomy versus community control. By achieving a better understanding of these issues, the book illuminates both Shakespeare's work and his age. |
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... agreements , no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press . First published in print format 2003 ISBN - 13 978-0-511-05569- o eBook ( Adobe Reader ) ISBN - IO 0-511-05569-2 ...
... agreements , no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press . First published in print format 2003 ISBN - 13 978-0-511-05569- o eBook ( Adobe Reader ) ISBN - IO 0-511-05569-2 ...
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... agreements. There were heated reli- gious and political controversies over the laws governing formation of valid ... agreements, marriage settlements, employment, and other contractual mat- ters. Therefore, without having anything ...
... agreements. There were heated reli- gious and political controversies over the laws governing formation of valid ... agreements, marriage settlements, employment, and other contractual mat- ters. Therefore, without having anything ...
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... agreement to be married. Because they are not prohibited from giving such consent (by 'impediments' of incest, bigamy, or incapacity to express consent), they are then immediately and irrevocably married. In this scene Webster portrays ...
... agreement to be married. Because they are not prohibited from giving such consent (by 'impediments' of incest, bigamy, or incapacity to express consent), they are then immediately and irrevocably married. In this scene Webster portrays ...
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... agreement. A contract per verba de futuro could be conditional, with, for example, a condition relating to payment of a marriage portion or the agreement of a parent. In this case the contract did not become a valid marriage until the ...
... agreement. A contract per verba de futuro could be conditional, with, for example, a condition relating to payment of a marriage portion or the agreement of a parent. In this case the contract did not become a valid marriage until the ...
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... agreement to marry.29 Rather , they clearly undertake spousals per verba de praesenti . For Miranda's ' I am your wife , if you will marry me ' ( TMP 3.1.83 ) is not in any way a future promise , and if it is conditional the condition ...
... agreement to marry.29 Rather , they clearly undertake spousals per verba de praesenti . For Miranda's ' I am your wife , if you will marry me ' ( TMP 3.1.83 ) is not in any way a future promise , and if it is conditional the condition ...
Inhalt
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CHAPTER 2 Arranging marriages | 30 |
CHAPTER 3 Wardship and marriages enforced by law | 42 |
provision of dowries or marriage portions | 56 |
CHAPTER 5 The solemnisation of marriage | 73 |
irregular marriage formation | 93 |
CHAPTER 7 The effects of marriage on legal status | 117 |
separation divorce illegitimacy | 139 |
CHAPTER 9 Til death us do part | 164 |
An afterword on method | 185 |
Notes | 189 |
Bibliography | 232 |
Index | 252 |
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