Gender and Divorce in Europe: A Praxeological Perspective (Gender and Well-Being)

Synopsis

Getting divorced and remarried are now common practices in European societies, even if the rules differ from one country to the next. Civil marriage law still echoes religious marriage law, which for centuries determined which persons could enter into marriage with each other and how validly contracted marriages could be ended. Religions and denominations also had different regulations regarding whether a divorce only ended marital obligations or also permitted remarriage during the lifetime of the divorced spouse. This book deals with predominantly handwritten documents of divorce proceedings from the British Isles to Western, Central and Southeastern Europe, and from 1600 to the 1930s. The praxeological analysis reveals the arguments and strategies put forward to obtain or prevent divorce, as well as the social and, above all, economic conditions and arrangements connected with divorce. The contributions break new ground by combining previously often separate fields of research and regions of investigation. It makes clear that the gender order doesn’t always run along religious lines, as was too often assumed. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of economic, social, religious, cultural, legal and gender history as well as gender and well-being in a broader sense.

Copyright:

2024

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000929614

Related ISBNs:

9781032369327, 9781003334552, 9781032369341

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/18/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Andrea Griesebner and Evdoxios Doxiadis

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Andrea Griesebner

Edited by:

Evdoxios Doxiadis