The Making of Modern Marriage : : Matrimonial Control and the Rise of Sentiment in Neuchatel / / Jeffrey Watt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Watt, Jeffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 2 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Part I. The Reformation and the Seventeenth Century --; 1. The Principality of Neuchatel --; 2. The Formation of Marriage, 1547-1706 --; 3. The Breakdown of Marriage, 1547-1706 --; Part II. The Prussian Era --; 4. The Formation of Marriage, 1707-1806 --; 5. The Breakdown of Marriage, 1707-1806 --; 6. The Causes of Change --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501735240; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501735240
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jeffrey Watt.

This is the first book to cover the marriage litigation of a given area for the entire early modern period. Using the exceptionally rich court records of Neuchatel, Jeffrey R. Watt analyzes both the socio-economic developments and the intellectual movements of the era to illustrate the transformation in the nature of marriage and the family.