Great Britain Legal status, laws, etc Married women Matrimonial property Separate property British History History History of Law Law Marriage Property Women's History
Includes examples from the literature of the time including Vangrugh's Relapse, Congreve's Way of the World, Sheridan's Schools for Scandal, Fielding's Tom Jones, and Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
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Married women's separate property in England, 1660-1833
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Susan Staves (Author) - Brandeis University, Department of English