Broken Lives: Separation and Divorce in England 1660-1857 by Lawrence Stone

Broken Lives: Separation and Divorce in England 1660-1857

Lawrence Stone

355 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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Drawing from a massive archive of court cases, Stone presents stories that paint a revealing portrait of divorce in the period before 1857. Divorce could only be obtained by Act of Parliament, and often at great expense and with much difficulty. ...

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