Courtship and Constraint

Rethinking the Making of Marriage in Tudor England

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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The first study of early modern English courtship as a subject in its own right. New historical and anthropological insights into the making of marriage, and an arresting and exciting contribution to the history of the family. Takes the interpretation of the English church court material to a new level of sophistication. Explores new or neglected subjects such as the use of gifts or tokens and the role of go-betweens in English courtship. The fresh and wholly original perspectives on English courtship offered here should redirect and revitalise the history of marriage in early modern England.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-08-08
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolitics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Antal sidor288
FörlagManchester University Press
ISBN9780719062513

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1. The structures of courtship and the role of family, kin and community.2. The language of tokens and the making of marriage3. 'Movers', 'sutors', 'speakers', and 'brokers' of marriage: the role of the go-betweens as a 'means' of courtship4. Courtship horizons in the sixteenth century: distance and place as factors in marriage formation5. The timing of marriage: constraints and expectations6. Material girls?: dowries and property in courtship

'... one of the most illuminating studies of marriage in the period that I have read in the last thirty years.' Professor K. E. Wrightson 'Overall, then, this is a quite wonderful book, richly rewarding in its detail, insights and conclusions. It will change the way historians think about the origins of the European marriage pattern, about the popular acculturation of marriage law, about the dynamics of inheritance and most of all about the freedom which is conventionally understood to have underpinned the making of English marriage.' Journal of Continuity and Change