Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The misunderstood contract per verba de praesenti
- 3 The myths of ‘informal’ and ‘common-law’ marriage
- 4 The little-considered marriage practices of non-Anglicans
- 5 The unacknowledged regularity of clandestine marriages
- 6 The eventual passage and actual terms of the 1753 Act
- 7 The unappreciated success of the 1753 Act
- 8 The unexplored judicial interpretation of the 1753 Act
- 9 The overlooked response of non-Anglicans
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The misunderstood contract per verba de praesenti
- 3 The myths of ‘informal’ and ‘common-law’ marriage
- 4 The little-considered marriage practices of non-Anglicans
- 5 The unacknowledged regularity of clandestine marriages
- 6 The eventual passage and actual terms of the 1753 Act
- 7 The unappreciated success of the 1753 Act
- 8 The unexplored judicial interpretation of the 1753 Act
- 9 The overlooked response of non-Anglicans
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
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- Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth CenturyA Reassessment, pp. 347 - 358Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009