The Road to Divorce by Lawrence Stone
In this historical study of divorce and separation, Lawrence Stone draws on a mass of court records to show how English men and women have contrived to use, twist, or defy the law in order to deal with marital breakdown. Despite the infamous divorce of Henry VIII in 1529, subsequent moral, political, and religious attitudes ensured that until 1857, England was the only Protestant country with no facilities for divorce, even on grounds of adultery, desertion, or cruelty. Revealing our ancestors' frank views on love, sex, marriage, and adultery, this is the complex story of a topic rich in historical interest and contemporary importance. The book should be of interest to scholars and students of British social, cultural, legal, religious, economic, and demographic history, and women's studies, and specialists in the history of the family and of marriage, as well as general readers interested in marriage and divorce.
Stone, Lawrence: - Lawrence Stone was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a lecturer at University College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1950, and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1963. Since 1963 be has been Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, also at Princeton, since 1969. Professor Stone has contributed numerous articles to learned journals and periodicals. His published works include The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642, Crisis of the Aristocracy, 1558-1641, and (editor) Schooling and Society. He is also author of Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages, published in The Pelican History of Art series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192852557 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192852558 |
| Title | The Road to Divorce |
| Author | Lawrence Stone |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 487 |
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