Marriage and Love in England: Modes of Reproduction 1300-1840

by Alan Macfarlane

Book Overview

Marriage and Love in England: Modes of Reproduction 1300-1840 is a history of the intimate lives and aspirations of the English people from medieval to modern times. It is scholarly, provocative, and highly readable. Explores why people married, at what age, and with what expectations Examines the nature of courtship Compares different classes attitudes toward love and marriages Traces the ways attitudes changed or remained the same over five hundred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631154388
• ISBN13: 9780631154389
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"