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Cohabitation and non-marital births in England and Wales, 1600-2012

Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier centuries? Bringing together leading historians, demographers and lawyers, this interdisciplinary collection draws on a wide range of sources to examine the changing context of non-marital...

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Group Author: Probert, Rebecca
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Unmarried couples > History > England
Unmarried couples > History > Wales
Illegitimacy > History > England
Illegitimacy > History > Wales
Social & cultural history > c 1600 to c 1700 > c 1700 to c 1800 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century > c 2000 to c 2010 > England > Wales
British & Irish history > c 1600 to c 1700 > c 1700 to c 1800 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century > c 2000 to c 2010 > England > Wales
Sociology: birth > c 1600 to c 1700 > c 1700 to c 1800 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century > c 2000 to c 2010 > England > Wales
Sociology: family & relationships > c 1600 to c 1700 > c 1700 to c 1800 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century > c 2000 to c 2010 > England > Wales
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137396273
Summary: Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier centuries? Bringing together leading historians, demographers and lawyers, this interdisciplinary collection draws on a wide range of sources to examine the changing context of non-marital child-bearing in England and Wales since 1600.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137396259, 2014.
Carrier Form: 272 p. : 15 b&w, ill., 9.
ISBN: 9781137396273 :
113739627X :
CLC: D956.139
Contents: Introduction-- Rebecca Probert 1. Bridewell, Bawdy Courts and Bastardy in Early Seventeenth-Century London-- Eleanor Fox and Martin Ingram 2. Cohabitation in Context in Early Seventeenth-Century London-- Martin Ingram 3. 'All He Wanted Was To Kill Her That He Might Marry The Girl': Broken Marriages and Cohabitation in the Long Eighteenth Century-- Joanne Bailey 4. 'They Lived Together As Man And Wife': Plebeian Cohabitation, Illegitimacy, and Broken Relationships in London, 1700-1840-- Samantha Williams 5. Bastardy and Divorce Trials, 1780-1809-- Julie Shaffer 6. Cohabiting Couples in the 19

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