Love and dishonour in Elizabethan England : two families and a failed marriage /

The marriage of Charles and Elizabeth Forth (c. 1582-1593) offers an intriguing insight into the politics of gender, family and religion in Elizabethan England. In this story, resourceful women play leading roles, sometimes circumventing or subverting patriarchal authority, qualifying our accepted i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Houlbrooke, Ralph A. (Ralph Anthony), 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge (Suffolk, England) : Boydell and Brewer, 2018.
Temas:
1500-1603
Families > England > History > 16th century.
Marriage > England > History > 16th century.
Familles > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Mariage > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Families.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
England > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire)
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 16e siècle.
England.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Two families
  • The Merninghams: land, court, and Catholicism
  • 'A very lose dealer': the downfall of John Jerningham of Somerleyton
  • The Forths: from clothiers to landed gentry
  • Part II: An unfortunate marriage
  • A clandestine marriage
  • The end of the marriage
  • Two cases in the Court of Requests
  • Part III: Afterwards
  • Aftermath
  • Conclusions, reflections, and speculations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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