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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... , or What You Will The Two Noble Kinsmen Troilus and Cressida Venus and Adonis WIV The Merry Wives of Windsor WT The Winter's Tale Introduction Shakespeare , in common with many of his fellow x Abbreviations: Shakespeare titles.
... , or What You Will The Two Noble Kinsmen Troilus and Cressida Venus and Adonis WIV The Merry Wives of Windsor WT The Winter's Tale Introduction Shakespeare , in common with many of his fellow x Abbreviations: Shakespeare titles.
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B. J. Sokol, Mary Sokol. Introduction Shakespeare , in common with many of his fellow dramatists and with his society in general , was fascinated by law . His and other Elizabethan drama also focused a great deal of attention on complex ...
B. J. Sokol, Mary Sokol. Introduction Shakespeare , in common with many of his fellow dramatists and with his society in general , was fascinated by law . His and other Elizabethan drama also focused a great deal of attention on complex ...
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... law. A wife would have done.1 These students, together with many people, erroneously believe that there is such a thing as a 'common law marriage' that makes cohabitation equivalent to marriage, unaware that to date marriage still ...
... law. A wife would have done.1 These students, together with many people, erroneously believe that there is such a thing as a 'common law marriage' that makes cohabitation equivalent to marriage, unaware that to date marriage still ...
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... law. It will be helpful to note how often Shakespeare's contemporaries would have come into contact with law. As premature mortality in families was common, and people of all sorts attempted to make some provision for widows and ...
... law. It will be helpful to note how often Shakespeare's contemporaries would have come into contact with law. As premature mortality in families was common, and people of all sorts attempted to make some provision for widows and ...
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... common law courts matters of marriage, bastardy, inheritance of personal property (but not land), and the punishment ... law courts known to his audiences. For instance, Falstaff is threat- ened with a Star Chamber action for riot in The ...
... common law courts matters of marriage, bastardy, inheritance of personal property (but not land), and the punishment ... law courts known to his audiences. For instance, Falstaff is threat- ened with a Star Chamber action for riot in The ...
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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