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COURTSHIP AND CONSTRAINT
RETHINKING THE MAKING OF MARRIAGE IN TUDOR ENGLAND |
| By: |
Diana O'Hara |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719062519 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719062513 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 August, 2002 |
| Series: |
Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
In an age when even the humblest marriage was influenced by material calculation, O'Hara maintains that courtship still played a vital role in securing marriages. Here, the structured nature of Tudor courtship is examined using both historical and anthropological perspectives. |
| Synopsis: |
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. -- . |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |