Shakespeare, law, and marriage /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sokol, B. J.
Other Authors: Sokol, Mary, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1699
Marriage in literature.
Marriage > England > History > 16th century.
Marriage > England > History > 17th century.
Law and literature > History > 16th century.
Law and literature > History > 17th century.
Law in literature.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Mariage > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Mariage > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Droit et littérature > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Droit et littérature > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Droit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Learning and scholarship
Law
Law and literature
Law in literature
Manners and customs
Marriage
Marriage in literature
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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