Title Shakespeare, law, and marriage / B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 262 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-251) and index.
Contents	Making a valid marriage : the consensual model -- Arranging marriages -- Wardship and marriages enforced by law -- Financing a marriage : provision of dowries or marriage portions -- Solemnisation of marriage -- Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction, and rape : irregular marriage formation -- Effects of marriage on legal status -- Marriage breakdown : separation, divorce, illegitimacy -- 'Til death us do part.
Summary	This interdisciplinary study combines legal, historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time, and discovers a wide range of examples in a selection of Shakespeare's plays.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Manners and customs.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (OCoLC)fst00029048
	Marriage in literature.
	Marriage -- England -- History -- 16th century.
	Marriage -- England -- History -- 17th century.
	Law and literature -- History -- 16th century.
	Law and literature -- History -- 17th century.
	Law in literature.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
	DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
	Law. (OCoLC)fst00993678
	Law and literature. (OCoLC)fst00993913
	Law in literature. (OCoLC)fst00994014
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
	Marriage in literature. (OCoLC)fst01010607
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Chronological Term	1500-1699
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Sokol, Mary, 1945-
Other Form:	Print version: Sokol, B.J. Shakespeare, law, and marriage. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521822637 (DLC) 2003048481 (OCoLC)51984862
ISBN	0511062028 (electronic bk.)
	9780511062025 (electronic bk.)
	0511121296 (electronic bk.)
	9780511121296 (electronic bk.)

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