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Courtship and Constraint: Rethinking the Making of Marriage in Tudor England (Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain)
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Product Description
The structures of courtship and the role of family, kin and community. The language of tokens and the making of marriage; "Movers", "sutors", "speakers", and "brokers" of marriage - the role of the go-betweens as a means of courtship; Courtship horizons in the sixteenth century - distance and place as factors in marriage formation; The timing of marriage - constraints and expectations; Material girls? - dowries and property in courtship.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #824747 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
'... 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
About the Author
Diana O'Hara is a researcher with Victoria County History
