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The English Marriage de Maureen Waller

The English Marriage

Autor Maureen Waller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mai 2010
Tales of Love, Money and Adultery. The story of the English marriage is unique and eccentric. Long after the rest of Europe had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church, making it all too easy to enter into a marriage but virtually impossible to end an unhappy one. Historian Maureen Waller draws on intimate letters, diaries, court documents and advice books to trace the evolution of the English marriage.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848544017
ISBN-10: 1848544014
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: ill
Dimensiuni: 131 x 197 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: John Murray Publishers

Notă biografică

Maureen Waller read Medieval & Modern History at University College, London and took a Masters at Queen Mary College, London. She is the author of several books including London 1945 and Sovereign Ladies. She lives in London.

Recenzii

'One wonders how many wives will identify with the women - abused or put-upon, silly or ignorant, sentimental or feisty, sexy or the opposite - that they will meet in these fascinating pages' -- Daily Mail, Peter Lewis 'Excellent' -- Telegraph 'a descriptive narrative of marital making and breaking, told through a tapestry of individual stories' -- TLS 'Waller's wonderfully lively book brings to life the story of English marriage through accounts of mainly upper-class matches made for money or social advancement' -- FT 'The English Marriage...should be required reading. Waller uses meticulous research to piece together love letters, hate mail, private diaries, historic advice manuals and court judgements, tracing the evolution of the English marriage'/ 'a fascinating historical romp through the private lives of the great the good and the downright horrible' -- The Times 'Her retelling of some of the most infamous nightmares in the history of English marriage is very well done' -- Guardian 'at times upsetting, astonishing and entertaining, but always informative, hugely readable and witty' -- Ancestors 'And in her book The English Marriage, author Maureen Waller blames rising divorce rates on the fact that "the demand for emotional and sexual fulfilment from marriage has risen to unrealistic levels and there is less tolerance of boredom or a partner's shortcomings."' -- The Gloss (Eire) In a series of lively vignettes, Maureen Waller examines how the church and the state seized control of marriage, the link between property and chastity, legal battles over divorce, child custody and bigamy, as well as adultery, desertion, elopement and even wife sales -- Guardian