English Domestic Relations 1487–1653 : : A Study of Matrimony and Family Life in Theory and Practice as Revealed by the Literature, Law, and History of the Period / / Chilton Latham Powell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Powell, Chilton Latham,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1917]; ©1917
• Year of Publication: 1917
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

Examines the literature centering around domestic relations in England, including the contract of marriage and subsequent family life, as well as other expressions of fact and opinion that exist from the first appearance of the subject in English writing around 1487 up to its first great crisis in 1653.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Controversies Regarding Marriage -- III. The Attempted Reform of Divorce -- IV. The Domestic Conduct Book -- V. Contemporary Attitudes Towards Woman -- VI. Wider Ranges of Domestic Literature -- Appendix A. English Writing on the Divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine -- Appendix B. The Date and Occasion of Milton’s First Divorce Tract -- Appendix C. Directions for Matrimony from Harrington’s Book -- Appendix D. Contents of Typical Domestic Books -- Bibliographies -- Index -- Vita