| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) |
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Law language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-251) and index. |
| Contents |
Making a valid marriage : the consensual model -- Arranging marriages -- Wardship and marriages enforced by law -- Financing a marriage : provision of dowries or marriage portions -- Solemnisation of marriage -- Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction, and rape : irregular marriage formation -- Effects of marriage on legal status -- Marriage breakdown : separation, divorce, illegitimacy -- 'Til death us do part. |
| Summary |
This interdisciplinary study combines legal, historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time, and discovers a wide range of examples in a selection of Shakespeare's plays. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Manners and customs.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Law.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Marriage in literature.
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Marriage in literature. |
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Sokol, Mary, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sokol, B.J. Shakespeare, law, and marriage. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521822637 (DLC) 2003048481 (OCoLC)51984862 |
| ISBN |
0511062028 (electronic book) |
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9780511062025 (electronic book) |
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0511121296 (electronic book) |
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9780511121296 (electronic book) |
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0511070489 |
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9780511070488 |
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0521822637 (Cloth) |
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