Courtship and constraint: Rethinking the making of marriage in Tudor England (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain) - Softcover

O'Hara, Diana; O’Hara, Diana

 
9780719062513: Courtship and constraint: Rethinking the making of marriage in Tudor England (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719062519 ISBN 13: 9780719062513
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Diana O'Hara received a PhD in history from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1995, and is a researcher with Victoria County History

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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.

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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.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719062519
ISBN 13 
9780719062513
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
292
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