Shakespeare, law, and marriage / B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol.

By:

Sokol, B. J

Contributor(s):

Sokol, Mary, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 262 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511062028
9780511062025
0511121296
9780511121296
0511070489
9780511070488
1107136865
9781107136861
1280162600
9781280162602
0511484003
9780511484001
0511205864
9780511205866
0511326564
9780511326561

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare, law, and marriage.DDC classification:

822.3/3 22

LOC classification:

PR3069.M32 S65 2003eb

Other classification:

18.05
86.22

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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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-251) and index.

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.